Question

With reference to the sources of composite culture in India, state the significance of the following:

Guru Granth Sahib

Answer 1

Guru Granth Sahib is the only scripture of its kind which contains the songs, hymns, and utterances of a wide variety of saints, sages and bards. This shows that Guru Arjan Dev wanted to affirm the fundamental unity of all religions and the unitary character of all mystic experience. It is indeed, a magnificent compendium of religions, mystic and metaphysical poetry written or uttered between the 12th and the 17th century in different parts of India. It is, also, at the same time, a mirror of the sociological, economic, and political conditions of those days.
Guru Granth Sahib is regarded by the Sikhs as a ‘Living Guru’ and as a spiritual guide not only for them but for the entire humanity. They regard it as a ‘Living Guru’ that has all the answers regarding religion and morality. 
The philosophy embodied in Guru Granth Sahib is that of action, deed, and consequence. It lays emphasis on shared communal experience and the extinction of the ego or self is the corner-stone of its philosophy. It regards God as omnipotent and omniscient.