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, Guru Angad, for that is the name by which he is known by all Sikhs^ 

 Was born at the village of Khandur, on the bank of the Beyah, or Hyphasisj 

 in the province of Lahore. His life does not appear to have been distin- 

 guished by any remarkable a6lions. He taught the same do61;rine as 

 Na'nac, and wrote some chapters that now form part of the Grant'h. He 

 left two sons, Va'su and Da'tu, but neither of them was initiated; and 

 he was suceeeded, at his death,* which happened in the year A. t). 1552; 

 and of the Samvat 1609, by AmerA Da's, ^ Cshatriya of the tribe o£ 

 JS'hale who performed the duties 6f a menial towards him for upwards 

 of twelve years. It is stated, that the daily occupation of Amera Da's 

 was to bring water from the Beyah river, a distance of six miles, to 

 wash the feet of his master ; and that one night, during a severe stormj 

 as he was returning from his journey, his foot slipped, and he fell and 

 broke the vessel that contained the river water, opposite the door of a 

 weaver, who Hved next house to Angad, The weaver, startled at tha 

 noise, demanded, in a loud voice, of his wife, from whence it proceed- 

 ed. The woman, who was well acquainted with the daily toils, atid the 

 devotion of Angad's servant, replied, it was poor Amera Da's, who 

 knows neither the sweets of sleep by night, nor of rest by day. This 

 conversation was overheard by Angad ; and when Amera Da's came, 

 next morning, to perform his usual duties, he treated hhn with extra- 

 ordinary kindness, and said, " you have endured great labor; but, 

 ^« henceforward, enjoy rest." Amera Da's was distinguished for his 

 a(5livity in preaching the tenets of Na nAc, and Was very successful irt 

 obtaining converts and followers, by the aid of whom he established some 

 temporal power, built KuJardzudI, arid separated from the regular Sikhs, 



* Angad died iii, Khanclur, a village aboot foriy miles cast oi Lahore, 



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