Takht ਤਖ਼ਤ
takhat · noun
A seat of temporal authority in Sikhism. There are five: the Akal Takht at Amritsar, established by Guru Hargobind in 1606, and four others. Edicts binding on the Panth are issued from them.
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- Khushwant Singh. A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839. Oxford University Press (2004). no page given yet
- Harbans Singh (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University, Patiala. no page given yet