History of Dasam Granth is most referred book as it contains dates and events are sketchy and brief. This book does not mention about compilation of Dasam Granth but it does refer to writings inside dasam granth which includes Bachitar Natak written at Anandpur, Krishna Avtar written at Paunta Sahib. The book mentioned various lines from 33 Sawaiyey, Shastarnam Mala and terminology used in Dasam granth. Among several valuable works John Malcolm completed Sketch of Sikhs in 1812 and mentioned about Dasam Granth which converted many to Sikhism to fight against thranny. The approach of Malcolm is biased as he attributes Devi worship episode
History of Dasam Granth ਕਾਇਰਤਾ ਭਾਗੈ।ਧਰਮ ਜੁਧ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਈ ਅਨੁਰਾਗੇ।<br> Guru Gobind Singh written various booklets and had title on each of them. As per internal references, the scripture comprises following major booklets: Acc. to early Sikh historical resources, the scripture was not named as Dasam Granth and each composition within this scripture are named separately by various authors like: Later, In Bansavali Nama Patshahi 10, Kesar Singh Chibber named this granth as "Chota Granth' '(The Small Granth). In 1812, JB Malcolm called this scripture as "Dasvein padhshsh da granth" (The Scripture of 10th Ruler). Later, Khalsa accepted the name "Dasam Granth", for the