This work is an abridged version of Prof. Harbans Singh’s ‘The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism’. The university decided to bring out in a single volume a concise version of the four volume Encyclopaedia to make it handy for use by those who solicit quick and precise information on Sikhism. The idea was to abridge the information in the given entries keeping all the required information and facts in tact and also without losing the grace and grandeur of the original dictation and the idiom.