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NAME HYMNS1 CASTE PERIOD ORIGIN
Amardas (3rd Guru) 869 Khatri (Bedi) 1479-1574 Basarke
Angad (2nd Guru) 63 Khatri (Bedi) 1504-1552 Matte-di-Sari
Arjan (5th Guru) 2312 Khatri (Sodhi) 1563-1606 Goindwal
Beni 3 - 12th Century -
Bhatts 123 - - -
Bhikan 2 - 16th Century Oudh
Dhanna 4 Jat 16th Century Rajasthan
Farid 123 Afghan 12th-13th Centuries Pakistan
Gobind Singh (10th Guru) 0-1 Khatri (Sodhi) 1666-1708 Patna
Jaidev 2 Brahmin 12th-13th Centuries Bengal
Kabir 534 Weaver 15th-16th Centuries Banaras
Mardana 3 - - -
Namdev 62 Tailor 13th Century Maharashtra
Nanak (1st Guru) 947 Khatri (Bedi) 1469-1539 Talwandi (near Lahore)
Parmanand 1-2 Brahmin 14th-15th Centuries Banaras
Pipa 1 - 15th Century Rajasthan
Ramanand 1 Brahmin 14th-15th Centuries Banaras
Ramdas (4th Guru) 638 Khatri (Sodhi) 1534-1581 Lahore
Ravidas 40 Cobbler 15th Century Banaras
Sadhna 1 Butcher 13th Century Sindh
Sain 1 Barber 14th-15th Centuries Madhya Pradesh
Satta 8 - - -
Sunder 6 Khatri (Bedi) - -
Surdas 2 Brahmin 16th Century Haryana
Tegh Bahadur (9th Guru) 115 Khatri (Sodhi) 1621-1675 Amritsar
Trilochan 5 Vaish 13th-14th Centuries Maharashtra

NOTES:
1. A range has been used wherever scholars disagree on the actual number.