Suraj Prakash (1843)

Jvala Singh discusses the Suraj Podcast which presents listeners short summaries of chapters within the monumental historical text, the Gurpratap Suraj Prakash Granth (1843), written by the Great Poet Santokh Singh

Jvala Singh

Jvala Singh is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of South Asian Studies.

Jvala Singh,a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia, is studying Sikh history particularly looking at pre-colonial texts, specifically the Suraj Prakash (1843) which he provides chapter summaries on his podcast, the Suraj Podcast.

Listen to the Suraj podcast here >>

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