Artifact
Patna manuscript of the Dasam Granth
also Patna Birh
A Dasam Granth manuscript at Patna carrying the date 1698. Mann holds its Ugradanti to be the earliest copy of that text he has seen.[Mann][Mann][Web]
- Date
- 1698, or a later copy of a 1698 manuscript
- Held by
- Takht Harmandir Sahib
- Location
- Patna, Bihar, India
- Provenance
- Attributed
- Status: Held
- Gurinder Singh Mann (2008) says it was then at Takht Harmandir, Patna, and published pages from photographs. No newer statement was found. Internet Archive has an upload titled as this manuscript, but its source could not be verified, so it is not linked.
Mann questions whether the volume was written in 1698 or copied later from one of that date.
Wikipedia lists two Patna manuscripts dated 1698 and one at the Akal Takht of the same date, following Kamalroop Singh. No catalogue description of those volumes was found.
What is disputed
- Date
Mann leaves open whether this is the 1698 manuscript or a copy of it.[Mann]
A page of the Patna manuscript of the Dasam Granth, traditionally dated 1698. Mann questions whether this volume is from 1698 or a later copy.
Unknown scribes (Commons credits Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji), 1698 by tradition. Takht Harmandir Sahib, Patna. Public domain. Source
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