Goindwal
Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India
The town on the Beas that Guru Amar Das made the centre of the faith for some three decades, with its baoli of eighty-four steps. The ferry there was also the crossing where the Dal Khalsa struck Ahmad Shah Abdali's returning column in 1761.
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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. Entry: Goindval