1. Origin of the Sikhs2. Nanak the reformer, founder of the sikh sect3. Spread of Sikhism4. Guru Govind Singh founder of the Khalsa, the Sikh commonwealth5. Struggles of the Khalsa for poession of the Punjab6. The sikh confederacies—Evolution of the sikh Sardars7. Sardar Ranjit Singh8. Maharaja Ranjit Singh9. Decline of the Sikh Monarchy10. The First sikh warwith the British, 1845-4611. The First sikh war—continued12. The second sikh war, 1848.49- Annexation 184913. The Granth the sikh sacred book—Religious observances14. The Sikhs under the British crown