India - Sikh army handbook - Handbooks for the Indian Army - SIKHS. Revised at the Request of the Government of India 1928. For Official Use Only Barstow, Major A E, 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late Ludhiana Sikhs) Govt of India, Central Publications Dept, Calcutta, 1928. Hardback. 1st Edition. [xxi] 217pp, with map from rear pocket]. Original printed paper covered boards with cloth spine, The book deals with origins of Sikhism, distribution of Sikhs gurus, religion, sects, customs, characteristics, agriculture, recruiting. There are also 6 appendices districts, Adi, initiation rites, Gurdwara Act, Tankha Nama