As hitherto nothing of the Sikh Granth has been published I have added in the Appendix the original text of the Japji which may serve as a specimen of the language and at the same time as a criterion for the translation. [...] The copy had been presented to the Library of the East India House according to the entry on the first leaf by the famous H. T. Colebrooke without his being aware as it appears of the contents of the book. [...] Moak was born in the Samvat year 1526 in the month of Vaisalch ( A. D. 1469 April—May) in a village called Talvandi on the banks of the Ravi (the Hydraotes of the Greeks) not far above Lahore.' His father's name was Lila by caste a Khatri of the Vali family or clan a plain Talvandi the birthplace of Nanak is situated in the Zila (z.... [...] farmer who held also the office of t{ '1 patvari (a valuer of the produce of the fields) in the service of the feudal Lord of the village.' At his birth the whole Hindu pantheon appeared and announced that a great Bhagat (saint) was born to save the world. [...] When the Baba had uttered this Sl5k then the Sayyids the sons of the Shahs the Kazi the Mufti the Khan the chiefs and leaders were amazed.
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