The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c11.128

v1.c11.128

The history of the Bhakti system as sketched above, leaves no doubt about its independent origin, but the close family resemblance which it bears to Sufism, and the time when it came into vogue, would suggest the possibility, or likelihood, of its having borrowed its traits, at least some of them, from the Muhammadan saints of India. To judge of this we must compare the leading features of the two systems.