Pashaura Singh

Pashaura Singh is Distinguished Professor and Dr. J.S. Saini Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His work on the Sikh scripture and early Sikh history is widely noted. He is the author of four monographs: The Guru Granth Sahib: Canon, Meaning and Authority (2000); The Bhagats of the Guru Granth Sahib: Sikh Self-Definition and the Bhagat Bani (2003) , Life and Work of Guru Arjan: History, Memory, and Biography in the Sikh Tradition (2006);...See more

Pashaura Singh is Distinguished Professor and Dr. J.S. Saini Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His work on the Sikh scripture and early Sikh history is widely noted. He is the author of four monographs: The Guru Granth Sahib: Canon, Meaning and Authority (2000); The Bhagats of the Guru Granth Sahib: Sikh Self-Definition and the Bhagat Bani (2003) , Life and Work of Guru Arjan: History, Memory, and Biography in the Sikh Tradition (2006); and A Dictionary of Sikh Studies (2019). His monograph on Guru Arjan , was on the "Best Sellers List" in India ( The Tribune , August 6, 2006) and his A Dictionary of Sikh Studies was launched on April 15, 2019, to commemorate Guru Nanak's 550th Birth Anniversary. In addition, he has edited or co-edited eleven volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies (2014) and the most recent volume The Sikh World (2023) for the Routledge Worlds series. See less