the ledger of connections
The Connections of Guru Gobind Singh
Tenth Sikh guru (1661–1708) Every person recorded alongside Guru Gobind Singh in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Guru Gobind Singh in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Guru Tegh Bahadur, Mata Gujri
- Spouses
- Mata Jito, Mata Sundari, Mata Sahib Kaur
- Children
- Sahibzada Ajit Singh, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh, Sahibzada Fateh Singh, Sahibzada Jujhar Singh
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1666 to 1708.

Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey

Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)

Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

Early Modern era
Shah Jahan
January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658

Early Modern era
Aurangzeb
November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

Early Modern era
Shivaji
February 19, 1627 – April 3, 1680
Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)

Early Modern era
Kangxi Emperor
May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722
3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)

Early Modern era
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

Early Modern era
Isaac Newton
December 25, 1642 – March 31, 1727
Physicist and mathematician who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation

Early Modern era
Edmond Halley
November 8, 1656 – January 14, 1742
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)

Early Modern era
Leonhard Euler
April 15, 1707 – September 18, 1783
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

Early Modern era
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
June 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716
Co-inventor of calculus and pioneer of computation