Those Sikhs who adhere to the original doctrines of Nanac are called Khalasa; they are less fanatical and warlike then the Singhs or followers of Guru Govind. Of these latter, a peculiar
class is called Acalis, or immortals, and sometimes Nihungs. Their fanaticism, Bumes observes, borders on insanity, and they seem to be at war with all mankind.. .They are a lawless and sanguinary class, and would have rendered the country desolate, had they not been vigorously coerced by Runjeet Singh.
Edward Thornton, A gazetteer of the Countries adjacent to India on the north-west: includingSinde, Afghanistan, the Punjab and the neighbouring states, 1844.
class is called Acalis, or immortals, and sometimes Nihungs. Their fanaticism, Bumes observes, borders on insanity, and they seem to be at war with all mankind.. .They are a lawless and sanguinary class, and would have rendered the country desolate, had they not been vigorously coerced by Runjeet Singh.
Edward Thornton, A gazetteer of the Countries adjacent to India on the north-west: includingSinde, Afghanistan, the Punjab and the neighbouring states, 1844.
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