Panth Prakash

"The Rise of the Honorable Guru Panth/Sikh Community"),[1] is a historical text about Sikh history in the 1700s by Rattan Singh Bhangu and was completed in the early 1810s.

[4]: 33, 37  The Gangushahis under Kharak Singh's leadership are criticized for reintroducting the charan pahul admission ceremony.

[4]: 37  Bhangu also admonishes the cis-Sutlej states for accepting the suzerainty of the British East India Company, revealing a pro-Majha and anti-Malwa inclination in his perspective.

[13]: 17–18  This is due to Vir Singh interpreting a cryptic passage within the text to be referring to its date of completion.

[4]: 27 This is due to how Rattan Singh makes no mention of the Sikh Empire's acquisition of the Kohinoor diamond in June 1813.

Mann writes: The author Rattan Singh had access to a version of a work by Bute Shah, which documented Sikh history.

[4]: 39 According to Gurinder Singh Mann, the Sri Gur Panth Prakash initiated a genre of literature that specialized on the wider Khalsa community's mission and history in the post-guruship period.

[4]: 15–16  Communal exegesis of the text continues at gurdwaras and traditional Sikh educational institutions til the present-day.

[4]: 16  Santa Singh requested that the text should be circulated in the form of audio-commentary, and called for the creation of such a commentary.

MS 1 of the Panth Prakash of Rattan Singh Bhangu, ca.1810–13. Possibly the original manuscript of the work.