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Kandahar

Kandahar, Afghanistan

West Journey · TA Traditional Attribution

Introduction

Sometimes listed on a land route toward Iran. Uncertain.

The Journey

Kandahar appears in expansive western sketches. Status: traditional attribution.

Historical Context

Approximate period: Traditionally placed in the Udasis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (often dated by later writers to the late 15th and early 16th centuries). Exact years are not established.

Chronology uncertain / traditional sequence only.

Sikh Historical Tradition

Later Sikh tradition strongly associates this place with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, but the evidence for a specific visit is less certain.

Janamsakhi recensions and later Sikh memory are not treated here as interchangeable with independently proven itinerary. Where evidence is thinner, the status label says so.

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Stop 6 of 10 on this journey dataset.

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