Later, in 1706, after the Battle of Muktsar, the army of Guru Gobind Singh camped at Sabo Ki Talwandi, today known as Takht Sri Damdamā Sahib.

There is also contemporary exegesis literature from the period that can be referenced today, such as the works of Bhai Mani Singh, which are often cited as sources for steeks.

[8][9][10] Following the publication of Trumpp's work in 1877, Raja Bikram Singh, ruler of Faridkot (1842–98) and patron of the Amritsar Khalsa Diwan,[11] commissioned a full-scale commentary on the Guru Granth Sahib.

[2] Collectively, the teeka is over 4,000 pages of literature[14] and includes (at times) multiple arths [ਅਰਥ] (meanings) and uthankas for the various shabads (hymns) within the Guru Granth Sahib.

[2][15][16] It was authored by Kavi Santokh Singh, as a rebuttal to a work written the Udasi, who he claimed degraded the Japji Sahib and Guru Nanak.

[2][15] Santokh Singh criticized Anandghan for his belief that Guru Nanak recognized 6 Gurus in succession within the Japji Sahib, as well as his esoteric interpretations of the meanings of the text.