Narrative, chronology, loss and memorials
Conflict accounts and remembrance
Compare five histories through the particular narratives, conflicting dates, estimates and later memorial accounts their sources preserve.
5 entries · 10 min reading, calculated from article text
Use your browser’s print command for a copy of this reading list.
Your reading goal
Attribute an estimate or disputed date to its source, distinguish a narrative from a contemporary document, and date observations about a memorial.
- 01History · 2 min read
The sieges of Anandpur Sahib
Read the Anandpur sieges through fortifications, mobilisation letters and an evacuation narrative, preserving the sources’ different dates and purposes.
- 02History · 2 min read
The Battle of Chamkaur
Compare Chamkaur’s fortified-house narrative, an early praise poem and later memorial accounts, keeping chronology differences and source limits visible.
- 03History · 2 min read
The Battle of Muktsar
The Battle of Muktsar is remembered through the Forty Liberated Ones and Maghi; accounts of Mai Bhago invite attention to later interpretation.
- 04History · 2 min read
The Chhota Ghallughara
Trace the 1746 Chhota Ghallughara through Lahore’s campaign, the Kahnuwan retreat, uncertain dates and the design of its later public memorial.
- 05History · 2 min read
The Vadda Ghallughara
Read the Vadda Ghallughara of 1762 through the protection of accompanying families, attributed loss estimates and the history of its later memorial.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?