Sikhs

(seeks.) [From Sansk. sith ya, followers.] (Ethnol.) Aproud, martial, and intelligent people of Hindostan, originally descended from a religious sect who profe ed aso rt of mixed Islamitic and Brahman belief. For cen-Silique, tur ies they inhabited the Punjab, and, after the fall of the Mogul empire, became an independent nation that, under their great prince, Runjeet Singh, proved the most formidable antagonists to British rule in India. Silistria, After years of sanguinary warfare, they were compelled to submit in 1849. [s. 825]