Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism was
born in a critical period of Indian history.
On the one hand, the people were divided
into castes, sects and factions; on the other
the Muslim rulers perpetrated atrocities on
•
the Hindus and the weaker sections of
society. The masses in their hardships and
miseries cried for a saviour. Nanak came·as
God's messenger in the common man's hour
of dire need.
was a period of transition from
medievalism to
modernism.
Men of
action and men of thought explored
the world of matter and spirit. Guru Nanak
revealed the secret of man's spiritual
potentiality. At the same time, he accepted
the struggles and hardships of life and
pioneered a movement of reform in social
and religious conduct. The means by which
he reformed the dregs of society were
argument, conviction and personal example.
His followers called 'Sikhs' formed a group
of God-fearing men and women devoted to
the service of the people. He laid down
simple rules of conduct through which man
could lead a humane and meaningful life
and find his-. own fulfilment. He was revered
alike by Hindus and Muslims. His life is an
inspiring example of the practice of truth ,
love and humility.
It
Script approved bl( Shlromani Gur'CI_ra
Prabandhak Committee, Aml'itaar .
Amar Chltra Katha is a contlnumg senes.
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"tHEIR (5000
WHEN HE IMo'IS BORN, PEOPLE FLOCKED n::i
",..-:---;-.---
SEE,
WHAT A
CHARMING
BAB~!
HOW HE
SMILES.
THE FAMILY PR.IEST, HAR..?AYIlL
WAS IMPR.E5SEP BY THE
BABy'5 HOR.05COPE.
NANAK
WHAT WILL
'YOU CALL
HIM?
AFTER HIS
SISTER
NANKI.
THE CHILP
WILL BE A GREAT
SEER AN17
PROPHET.
HIS FAME
WILL SPREA17
FAR AN17
WI17E.
NI'NKI LOVE.? HER BI'\8)1-BR..OTHER, WI\itP SOCW €i.eEIIII liP INTO
A.
CHEeRAUL,
r-~----------~
HEALTHY, r:::~~
BOY.
HOW GENE.ROUS!" ~~~-I
HOW LIKE A
SAINT HE.
LOOKS!
1= c4r
CAN I "'r-I~t<'t:.
THEM WITH
MY FRIEN17S?
TIi?If7A 700 WAS HAPPY 70
SEE hOW t5ENEIi?OUS NANAK
WAS.
.------------------M
WH~ NOT! THERE IS
_ - 4 ENOU<3H FOR ALL
OF 'YOU.
THANK
I-----i
NANAK TOOK 7l-IE
~ ~p
!ZAN TO HIS FIi?/ENPS.
SEE WHAT
I HAVE! •
5EE WHAT
I HAVE!
ANO HE BEGAN O/STR/8UnN6 THE
IlS SOON AS 7l-IEY HAP
5W1EET5.r-------~------~----~
EATEN THE SWEETS_
MOTHER
GAVE ME
ENOUGH FOR
ALL OF US .
MMM !
COME LET'S
RUN
RACES!
I'M IN
NANAK'S
TEAM .
AT THE PONP_
I' VE HA[7 ENOU6H!
LET'S REST.
LET'S 60
TO THE
PON~.
COME, LET'S SI N6
THE NAME OF 6017.
<YOU LEAI7.
•
ALL OF THEM SANG SUT
NI"lNAk's I?OIC£ CI"lRRtEP
THE MOST FERVOUR.
AT THAT MOMENT RAt BLlLAR.
THE MUSLIM LANl?LORl? R:JR
WHOM NANAk'S I"i"lTHER.
WORkEp, Wlls PI"lSSING
THIIT WilY. r - - - - - - - o
WHAT A
MEL0[710US VOICE!
HOW 5OOTHIN6 THE
WaRl7s. NANAK. IS NO
ORl71
CHIL~.
RAI BULAR, UNOB5ERIIEI?, GAr ON
THE GRASS, FORGETTING THE
MATERIAL WOIUI? AS I-IE LOS T
HIMSELF IN THE I?IIIINE SONG.
WHEN NANAK WAS SIX
YEARSOLP r-~------~~
SON, IT IS
TIME ~OU
5TARTEP'
SCHOOL.
He WAS
AN EXCELLENT PUPIL ANt:>
SOON MASTEREO ALL THeRE WAS
TO LEARN.
SO HE WENT TO MEHTA KALLI.
'>lOUR SON IS·AN .
EXCEPTIONAL
CHILP'. HE HAS
MASTEREI7 ALL
THAT I CAN
TEACH HIM .
--,........J NANAK
170ES NOT
NEEI7 ME
AN~""ORE.
I
MUST
SPEAK
TO HIS
FATHER.
AFTER HE LEFTIT IS NOT 6000 TO LEAVE
NANAK II7LE. I SHALL
MAKE HIM
LEARN
PERSIAN.
BUT THE SAME THIN<3 HAF"PENEP WITH
THE P£.Ii?SIAN TEACHER. . NANAK. MA5TER£.P
ALL WITHIN A SHORT PERiOP ANP HIS
TEACHER. BR.OUgHT filM BACK. TO MEHTA
.
.
KALa
NANI\K.
ABOUT TEN YEARS OLO.
IT IS TIME NANN<. I SHALL ASK
HAD HIS SACRED HARDAYAL TO
THREAD
SUGGEST AN
CEREMONY.
AUSPICIOUS
DATE.
THE PATE WAS FIXEP ANP ALL NE/6HBOURS, FRJENP5 ANO RELATIVES
WE~/NWTEP. THE CE~~NY B€6AN. r---------------~~------~
THE MOMENT HARPAYAL TOOk. THE SACREP THREAP TO P/./T IT OVER.
NECK. ... , - - - - - - - V - ' 1 O
NANA.k~
WAIT, SIR.
WHY MGl5T I WEAR
WILL IT MAKE ME 60017
AND KIND?
THEN IT IS OF NO U5E TO ME.
GIVE ME INSTEAI7 THE 5ACREI?
THREAI7 OF MERCv
ANI? CONTENTMENT!
ALL PIZESENT WEIi!E CONVINCEP ABOUT
THE TRUTH OF
HIS utAeP5.
MERE RITUALS
MEAN
NOTHING.
AFTER THI5, NANAK WANPEREP WITH HIS
FRIENP5 BUT SPENT LESS TIME ON
PLAY ANI? MORE TIME IN SINISINIS
RELIISIOUS SONG5 IN THE
COMPANY OF fiOLY MEN.
MEHTA KALli WAS WORRIEI?
IF HE CONTINUES
THIS WA'Y, I'M
AFRAIl7 HE'LL
BECOME
AN I17LER.
HE HAS NOTHING LEFT TO
LEARN. HE HAS DEFIEl7
TRA17ITION ANl7 'YET
CONVINCE17 THE EL17ERS.
I KNOW WHAT.
I'LL MAKE HIM
TEN17 CATTLE.
THAT'S IT. HE
WILL BE 170ING SOME
USEFUL WORK. AT THE
SAME TIME HE CAN
BE IN THE FOREST
WHICH HE LOVES
50 DEARLY.
~""
MEHTA K/lLU CALLE!? NANAK TO
HIM. r------,------------~~~
SON, YOU
MUST KEEP
'YOURSELF BUSY
WILL 'YOU TAKE
CHAR6E OF
GRAZIN6 THE
CATTLE '?:"---.dIUlll1L
WITH
PLEASURE,
FATHER.
50 EVER.">' MO/2N/M5 NANAK TOOK.
TO GRAZE.
ONE PAY AS NANAK. LAY IMMERSEP IN HIS THOU<8HTS OF 600, THE
cATTLE WANJ)ER£O /N70 A FIELD NEARB'Y.
THE ANtSRY FAIU1ER COMPLNNEP 70 RAI BULAR..
KAlU'S CATTLE
HAVE EATEN MY
CROPS. I WANT
JUSTICE.
RAI BlILAR WAS UNHAPPY.
HE WENT TO KALU ANt?
TOLP HIM WHAT HAt?
HAPPENEP.
EXCUSE ME, SIR . WOULV'N'T
IT BE PROPER FI RST TO
SEE THE FIELP'.
'YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE
000V' THE LOSS. THAT
IS ON L'1 FAIR .
~--mr-:::r::::::::
THEY WENT 70 THE FIELt?
ANt? LO! r------~~-I
TH E CORN 15
UNTOUCHE17. YOU HAVE
WA5TED OUR TIME FOR
NOTHIN6 .
ONE SUCH PAY, OVERCOME BY THE
HEAT, NANAK FELL ASLEEp' THE SUN~
RAYS FELL HOT
UPON HIM .
AND NANAk CONTINUED TAKING THE
CATTLE OUT AS
USUAL.
A COBRA
5L1THEREl?
OUT OF A
HOLE.
NEARBY.
••• ANt? COMMItS UP TO NANAk.,
SPREAt? ITS HOOt? OUT TO
SHADe HIS FACe.
NANAK 16 IN
PANGER. I MUGT
SAVE HIM.
HE W/lLK:EP CAI.lTl0U6LY
TOW.ARPS NANAK .
BUT AS SOON AS THE C080'l SAW
HIM IT SLIP BACK INTO 175 HOLE.
NANAK
SHOULV' NOT BE
TREATEV' A6 AN
OR[7INAR'j CHIL[7.
HE 15 A
SAINT.'
•
AFTER 7H/s FOR A SPELL NANAK
BECAII/E MO..eDSE ANI? MOOI?Y
ANC> WOUll? NOT EVEN 60 OUT
TO H::NI? THE CATTLE•
.-------1
I v"oNDER WHAT'S COME
HIM. I CAN NO
LONGER BEAR HIS
OVER
BI.IT WHEN THE VAIl? CAME_
~OU WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO HELP ME. HE WHO
HAS GIVEN ME THE
ACHE ALONE CAN
CURE ME.
MOO17~ 1'1 E~S~S::.._ _-""'-.......
LET'S CALL
IN THE
VAl D."
KALU MADE ANOTHER ATTEMP7
TO INTEREST NANAi<: IN AN
OCCUPATION.
~I6ATION
1IIf~~·H.1.5 OLP sel.,~
WHAT A RELI EF
TO SEE HIM
OUT OF IT.
~ES IT IS
60017 TO SEE
HIM CHEERFUL
A6AIN.
YOU ARE NOW GROWN-UP,
ANt? SHaUll? STAND
ON 'YOUR OWN
FEET.
TAKE THIS MONE'1. 60 TO
THE MARKET ANI? STRIKE
A600D
NANAK. TOOK. THE MONEY ANP
SET OUT WITH HIS FRIENO BALA.
ON THE WAY-,....------:------f'
BAR6AIN ~
BALA. SEE HOW
~""~IJ.
,
WEAK AND HUNGRY
h:.-..-~"""";'THE:Y LOOK.
THEY'VE
BARELY
ANY
50 HE WENT 70 THE
MARKET ANt:> BOtI('f;ff7
SOME FOOP ANt:>
CLOTHES ...
WHAT BETTER
BARGAIN
COULD
I STRIKE?
WHEN HE RET(.IRNECJ HOME, MEHTA KALU RAN OUT TO MEET
HIM.
HOW DID '1OU
fI\';!~12 FAAE,MY SON ('
rfi~f)'
WHAT WAS
..t
'K)UR PROFIT?
WHEN NANN:: TOLl:' HIM WHAT HE HAP PONE WYTH ?HE
~~~
HOW DARE ';'OU
WASTE M';'
HAR17-EARNE17
~E~
THERE 15 NOTHING
MORE PROFITABLE
MONEY?
THAN FEE17IN6
THE POOR
NANKI ANI? HER HUSBANI?- <fill RAM WE!eE AT HOME ON A VISIT.
NANAK.,COME
FATHER!
FATHER! .
STOP!
WITH ME.
-
WHEN IiMI SULAIi!! HEA!i!!I? Or
THE INC//?ENT_
I\!!:":':'~
-~
NANKI TOO HAOA 6U55ESTION.
I THINK WE 5HOULD GET HIM
MARRIED. SULAKHNI,
MOOLCHAND'S
[:lAUGHTER,
WOULD BE
A GOOD
MATCH!
THE P~5AL. WII5 ACCEPT!?P ANe>
NI'WAK WAS MARIVEP 7V SULAKHNI
IN 1488. 7HE~ WAS fSREAT
REtKJICIN(8 IN THE FAM'L Y.
A SWEET GIRL.
LET'to> HOPE SHE
SUCCEEI7S IN MAKING
NANAK A PRACTICAL
ANI? WORLDL'Y ,MAN
MA.ePIlNA, NANA.t::'5 FeleNP. CAME TO THE WEt?PIN6.
WHAT GIFT WILL 'YOU
~'GIVE ME TO RE.ME.MS:ER
THIS
OCCASION
WHAT 61FT CAN
BE MORE APT
FOR 'YOU THAN
AN IN's :rRUMENT
TO MAKE MUSIC
WITH!? YOU CAN
HAVE. THIS
REBECK.
THE 61FT WAs NOT FOR MARt?ANA ALONE. rOR IN THe ElleNIN6S,
ArTEe TffE P/lYS WORK, N/lNAK wOULP HU,e,ey TO <lOIN MARP/lNrI
ANP, T06ETHe,e THeY WOULO SlN6 THE PRAISES or GOO
MANY LOl/ERS Or 60P ANt? MLiSIC <IOINEt? THeM ANt?
NANAK'S FAME SPREAl?
MEANWHILE.,.JAI RAM, WHO LM'l5 IN THE COURT OF f7I:lLlLAT KHAN LOfJl, SOON
FOUNfJ AlANAI<. A .J.(JB. r----~------..~-r-------_l
WE SHALL APPOINT
.. MINI AS A STOREKEEPER
IN THE STATE
GRANAR'i'.
THIS IS NANAK ABOUT
WHOM I SPOKE TO
'IOU .
HE CONTINUE/? SE.eIllN6 IN THE STATE
THEN-
GeANA~
FOe 7WELIlE YEARS
I7AULAT KHAN
15 PARTIAL
TO NANAK
~Jt<,.I
k
.
.
LET US
TURN THE KHAN
A6AINST
HIM ...
50 THEY WENT 7V ?HE I::HIiN.
SIR, NANAK IS SQUANDERING
THE STATE STORES. AT THIS
RATE THERE WILL BE
.
t-JOTHIt-JG LEFT It-J THE
THE ACCOUNTANT SOON
0<: ._1
EVERYTHING
IS IN
OR!7ER, S IR.
HAVE THE STOCK5
IN THE 6RANAR')'
CHECKE!7!
THE KHAN WAS FL/RIOL/S
WITH THE CONSPIJ0l7V.es.
BUT, !"OIZ NIiNAk
THIS WAS 77-fE
LIMIT.
'YOU'VE MA!?E A
BASELESS
INT. BUT
I'LL SPARE 'IOU
THIS TIME.GO
AWAY, YOU
MEN!
ONE VIiY AS I.I5U1'lL HE SET OUT FOR THE STReAM , 7D BATHE.
I H A VE HA!7
ENOU0H OF
WORL.[7L.'>'
JOBS.
NANICI CAMe 70 HIS
HOME IN THE r---'-:
HERE ARE SOME
SWEET5 FOR ...
WH'i
?
WHAT'5
HE.. ·HE···HA5 NOT
COME HOME YET.
THE MATTER '?
e:'ON'T CR'I. WE WILL 5ENe:'
OUT A 5EARCH PART'I.
&IT AFTER. }\ VAIN 5E.i'\.0'::H._1
5ORR'I, THERE 15
NO SIGN OF HIM.
THEZ WHOLEZ FAMILY WAS
STEEPEP IN GLOOM.
THEN Sl./PPENLY ON TNE THIRP PI'I>'_
Or-) ! NANAI<!
. NANAI<!
WHERE e:'117 'IOU
VANISH?
GURU NANAK: TOL!:> HIS TALE.
AN!:> GURU NANAK. BE6AN HIS
TEACHIIV6S.
THERE 15 NO
HINOU OR
MUSSULMAN!
HOW l?ARE
HE SA'l SUCH
THINGS~ I SHALL
COMPLAIN TO
THE KHAN.
I HAVE RECEIVEl? A l?IVINE
COMMAN l? TO 60
OUT INTO THE
WORLl7 ANCl TEACH
MEN THE PATH
OF LOVE AN!?
UWEN ~E I(Ht'IN HeAR&' THE
.a::l~~'Nr HE SENr POIi!
GURU NANAA:" . .
THEN COME ANt? PRAY
WITH US AT THE
MOSQUE.
liT THE MOSQUe THe I<AZI LeV
THE PRAyE.e. ...
I
!
THE KAZI, ANV ALL 7l-IE OTHeRS
we.ee AN~.ey.
17117 YOU COME
HERE ONL'I TO
IN5ULT US?
NO. NEVER .
BUT HOW CaULP
I JOIN YOU IN PRA'IER
WHEN 'IOU WERE
THINKIN6 ABOUT 'YOUR
NEW-BORN COLT ANt?
NOT ABOUT 6017 '?
BOTH THE KAZI ANO THE
WERE CONVINCEO.
HE IS 6IFTEt?
WITH TRUE
KNOWLEP6E.
MASTER, I. WILL
ACCOMPAN~
'IOU.
MAR17ANA, I CAN NO
LONGER PELA'I M~
WORK. I MUST
LEAVE. HOME TO
SHOW MEN THE
PATH OF LOVE
AN17 SERVICE.
WHEN 6UteU M'INAK
8/coKE THE NEWS
TO HIS pr/,;e£,N7.5
ANI7 WHAT ABOUT
~OUR I7UT~ TO
~OUR WIFE ANI7
CHILI7REN?
'YOU'RE OUR ONL'l
SON. IF 'YOU 60,
WHO WILL COMFORT
US IN OUR OL17 A6E
NIWAK. WAS SILENT FOte A MOMENT. TI-IEN_
HE WHO HAS AS516NEI7
ME THIS TASK WILL ~~)~-'--:~
TAKE CARE OF
..
ALL OF yOU.
HI6 PAIi!ENTS W.eeE ALMOST
CONltlNCEP. BUT NOT NANKI
THEN TAI<.ING LEAVE. OF HIS
FAMILY'"
IINI7 sULIlKHNI.
IF YOU 60 AWAY WHO
WILL CONSOLE SULAI<HNI, THE
60'Y5 ANl7 ME, IN TIMES OF
.
TROUBLE?
,-,..--MI!!II
I 5HALL ALWA'Y5 BE
WITH 'YOU IN
SPIRIT. IF EVER 'YOU
NEEl7 ME I WILL
COME TO 'YOU.
.. ·HE WALf<.ECJ WITJ..I MAIi?P,ANA
FROM VILLAGE TO VILLA6E
TILL THEY REACHEO SAJOPL/R .
THE HUT BELON6EO
A POOle.
CAIi!.PENTER CALLEP LALO.
MAY WE REST
HERE FOR
A WHILE?
MASTER, ENTER
ANP GRACE M'Y
HUMBLE HUT
~~1
IN A SHOICT 17ME "THE GURU'S STAY AT L.AL.O·S HUT BECAME THE
TAL.KOF"THE n7WN. r---------------------------~------------_4
ANP LALO
BELON6S TO
THEY 5A'I THAT
A LOWER
THE MA6TER
PREFERRED
CASTE THAN
LALO'S
THE MASTER.
HUMBLE
HUT TO THE
MANSIONS OF
THE RiCH
·MEN of
THE TOWN.
PEOPLE GATHERE/? AROlINI? lZ>URU NANAK ANP MARPANA 70 HEAR
THEM SPEA;:: ANI? 6/A/6. ~------:?-o::::--......,
MALIK BHAISO, THE RICH
APMINISTRATOR OF SIIll?PtlR
INI/ITE/? THE Gl./.eL.I TO HIS
MANSION.
WHEN tSV.eL.l NANA;:: WAS BROL.l6H,_
HOLY SIR,WHY DID YOU
REFUSE MY HOSPITAL1Ty?
.
THE MASTER
REFUSES TO
COME .
THEN USE FO'RC:E
BUT BRINE> HIM!
E>ET ME SOME
SWEETS
FROM 'YOUR ·
TABLE. I'LL
E)("PLAIN.
GURU NANAK TOOA:: OUT A PK.Y Cl?t.lST
OF SI?EAl?, WHICH HE HAP BI?OlI6HT
FI?OM LALO's HOUSE ANI?
SWEeTS FK'OM •..
LALO'S BREAt" WAf'> EARNEt"
BV HARt" WORK
SWEETs
WERE 6OU6HT'~'=o,"'"
OUT OF THE;:.,t"::::;;;~
TOIL ANt" \l
SWEAT OF
THE POOR •
.•. 8HAGO'S TABLE ANP 5QUEEZEP
BOTH. PROPS OF MILK. FELL FROM
THE BREAP ANP PROPS OF
BLOOP FROM THE SWEET5 .
BHA60 WAS HUMBLE/? HE BeCAME CONTK'ITE.
HOL'! SIR, I SHALL GIVE
MY ILL-60TTEN WEALTH
BACK TO THE POOR ANt"
NEEV'Y.I SHALL SPENV
THE REST OF M'I VA'IS
SERVIN6 THEM.
GURU NANAK ANP MA.ePANA CONTINUEO
THEIK' cJOUK'NEY TILL THEY!?EACHEO
HARPWA!? THE!?E_ .--....,---- - -- -----1
WE ARE THROWING
WATER TOWARVS THE
SUN FOR THE 50ULS
OF OUR ANCESTORS.
GURU NANAK PIP Nor SAY A
WORP Bur BENT POWN ANP
&<8AN THROWINt:5 WATER IN THE
OPP061TE PIR£CTION.
HOW
IF TH E WATER 'IOU
FOOLISH SPRINKLE CAN REACH
HOW
THE SUN WHICH 15
CAN
MILLIONS OF MILES AWA'1,
THIS
SuREL'l Tf'lIS WATER CAN
WATER REACH M'1 FIELl/S WHICH
REACH
ARE BUT A FEW HUNDRF171
'i'OUR
MI
!
FIELr:>S?
lAM
WATERI N6 M'i'
FIELl/S IN THE
PUN-.JAB!
REALlSIN6 THE TRUTH OF HIS
STATEMENT, THE PILSRIMS
RETURNEP HOME, WISER MEN.
IlURING HIS WIPE TRAVELS, HE ENLl6HTENEO ANOREFORMEO MANY SOULS.
AMOloJ6 THEM WERE SAJJAN, THE THUG;KAUDA,THE CANN/BALjANONURSHAH.
71iEN <5tI.eu NANAA::
TUIiiWEl? NOIii!7H_
WEST 7VWA.ePS
THE MtI5LIM
COUNTRIES.
WHEN THEY
R£ACHEP
I'M TIRE17 AN17
SLEEP'Y,
MAR17ANA.
LET'S REST
FORA
WHILE.
MECCA_
StlPPENI.. Y AN IRATE
VOICE' AWOKE NANAK.
HOW 17ARE "i'OU POINT
'lOUR FEET
TOWAR17S
THE I<AABAf
TO ME THE WHOLE
WORL17 15 THE
HOUSE OF GOV.
NOW TURN MY
FEET TO WHERE
GOP 15 NOT!
THE KAZI WAf> ABASHEP ANP HAP
TO AtS.eEE ANI? (!illlE IN.
FROM MECCA I5l.IRt.I NI'INAK: lIN/?
MARPANA iJl5ITEl? 8A6Hl?Ap,
TURK:EY IINP AF6liANI5TIIN ANl?
!HEN RETt.lR.NEP 70 INl?IA,IN 152/.
LET'S 60 BACK
TO LALO's HOME
ANP 5EE HOW
• HE FARE5 .
BtIT'1'IU!5 1'1 6CENE OF
PES'!IUICT/ON MET mEM.
WHAT'€> THE
MATTER?
. WHERE'5
EVER'iONE
'?
THE MU6HAL BABAR INVAPEI7
OUR TOWN . WE RE515TEI7.
TO PUNI5H US HE ORI7EREI7 A
MASSACRE OF THE PEOPLE .
•
J.1I5T THEN 1'1 FEW MUt!>HAL
5OLPIER5 MARCHEl? UP.
ROUNP THEM
UP, THE
INFII7ELS !
THEY WE/i!E TH/i!!OWN INTO A CELL
WHEIi!E II NUMBER OF MEN ;'tNl?
WQ41EN WERE MAl?E 7D 6/eINl?
COIii?N ON HEAIlY STCWE5.
OH! AH! I'M ABOUT
TO PIE . I CAN'T
. WORK THE MILL
AN'Y LONGER!
WfiEN Cf7URtl NANAK 8AW THE
PLII!5HT Or THE PleISONER5, HE
WA5 OVERCOME BY COMPA8510N.
AN£? BROKE OUT INTO A 5At?
SONI!5. r-~-------------------1
LORP! 170 'YOU HAVE
NO PITY FOR THESE
FORTUNATE ONES?
BABAR fi£AR£? TH£ SONe; ANt?
WAS £?£EPLY MOllEt::>.
HAUNTIN0 VOICE CUTS
THROUGH MY HEART.
WHO IS THE 5IN0ER'?
BRINE> HIM TO ME!
6URU NANAK. WAs BROUf5HT BErORE BABAR.
WHAT MAI?E
YOU SIN0
THAT SON0'?
I WAS CALLlN6 ON
0017 TO WITNESS THE
INJUSTICES METEV'
OUT TO HIS CHILt7REN.
BA8A12 WAS
FULL OF REMO/2SE.
o
HOL'! MAN,
WHAT SHOUL17 I DO?
AOVISE ME.
SET THE PRISONERS
FREE AN17 RESTORE
THEIR PROPERT'!
TO THEM.
BA8A12 IMMEP/ATEL Y OBEYEP
THE COMMANP. ...--------<
HOL'l MAN, I'VE
PONE AS YOU BA17E
ME. PRAY BLESS ME
THAT I BECOME THE
EMPEROR ' OF IN17IA.
'YOUR WISH WILL BE
FULFILLE17. BUT REMEMBER
TO BE A JUST RULER
WHOSE SOLE INTEREST
IS THE HAPPINESS OF
HIS PEOPLE.
AFTE12 THIS 0URLI NANAK
MAPE A PECISION. HE WAS
NOW 52 YEARS OLI?
I MUST PRACTISE
AS A HOUSEHOL17ER,ALL
THAT I HAVE
PREACH EO.
50 HE CAeT OFF HIS ORAN6E
FMMER\;; LIFE AT
KARTARPUIi?-.
~OBEs
AND SETTLED !?OWN TO A
HE ESTA8L1SHED A COMMUNITY KITCHEN Of!.
'LANGill? 'WHE.eE ALL WERE' WELCOME.
SIR,15 THERE
ROOM FOR
ME '?
IN THE E()ENIN<!>S ALL WOULD
COLLECT IiRQUNt? guRU HANAK
ANP HIS ASSOCIATes.
COME, M'Y SONS .
LET'S BE61N
51NGIN6 THE
PRAISES OF 6OD.
WE HAVE ENOU6H
ROOM FOR ALL
WHO WISH TO WORK
ANI7 EAT. IT IS oNL'lI
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THE PANDAVA PRINCES
SAVITRI
RAMA
NALA DAMAYANTI
HAFIISCHANDRA
THE SONS OF RAMA
HANUMAN
MAHABHARA T A
CHANAKYA
BUDDHA
SHIVA..JI
RANA PRATAP
PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
KARNA
KACHA
VlKRAMADITYA
SHIVA PARVATI
VASAVADATTA
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SUDAMA
GURU GOSIND SINGH
HARSHA
BHEESHMA
ABHIMANYU
MIRABAl
ASHOKA
PRAHLAD
PANCHATANTRA
TANA..JI
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41 CHHATRASAL
42 PARASHURAMA
43 BANDA BAHADUR
44 PADMINI
..JATAKA TALES
VALMIKI
GURU NANAK
TARABAI
RANJIT SINGH
RAM SHASTRI
RANI OF .JHANSI
52 ULOOPI
53 SA..JI RAO t
54 CHAND BIBI
66 KABIA
58 SHER SHAH
57 ORONA
58 SURYA
59 URVASHI
60 AOI SHANKAAA
61 GHA TOTKACHA
62 TULSIOAS
63 SUKANYA
64 DURGADAS
65 ANIRUODHA
66 ZARATHUSHTRA
67 THE LORD OF LANKA
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THE SYAMANTAKA GEM
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GANESHA
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HITOPADESHA I
SAKSHI GOPAL
KANNAGI
NAASINH MEHTA
JASMA OF THE ODES
SHARAN KAUA
CHANDRAHASA
PUNCALIK & SAKHU
RAJ SINGH
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CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA
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156
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159
JNANESHWAR
8AGHA JATIN
MANONMANI
ANGULIMALA
THE TIGER AND
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166
TALES OF VISHNU
AMRAPALI
YAYATI
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THE RANI OF KITTUR
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169 LACHIT BARPHUKAN'
170 INORA AND VR'TRA
171 AMAA SINGH RATHOR
172 KRISHNA &
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,73 KOCHUNNI
174 TALES OF YUDHISHTHIRA
112 KRISHNA & RUKMINI
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117
RAJA BHO.JA
GURU TEGH BAHADUR
PAREEKSHIT
KADAMBARI
DHRUVA & ASHTAVAKRA
11 B
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127
KING KUSHA
RAJA RAJA CHOLA
DAYANANDA
VEER DHAVAL
ANCESTORS OF RAMA
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KRISHNA AND SHISHUPALA
RAMAN OF TENAU
PAUAAVA AND ALEXANDER
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181 GURU HAR GOSINO
182 THE BATTLE FOR SRINAGAR
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