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DescriptionDetail of a coiled snake iconography on the dhal (shield) of a Sikh warrior in the retinue of Guru Gobind Singh at the Anandpur Darbar (court) in 1698.png |
English: Detail of a coiled snake (pechida maar) iconography on the dhal (shield) of a Sikh warrior in the retinue of Guru Gobind Singh at the Anandpur Darbar (court) in 1698. The symbolism of a coiled-up snake represented the Khalsa Panth and Fauj.
Guru Gobind Singh compared the Khalsa Fauj to a coiled snake ready to pounce, which he calls the pechida maar, in his Zafarnama (epistle of victory) letter addressed to Aurangzeb: "You killed my four sons: What difference does that make, When after their deaths there still Remains behind a coiled snake?" — written by Guru Gobind Singh, translated by Navtej Sarna, Zafarnama, verse 78 |
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circa 1698 date QS:P,+1698-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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