Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s7.1

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In conclusion it may be noted that in the cultural sphere the fifteenth century was a period of great activity. It contributed much to art and literature. Imperial as well as provincial architecture provided motifs to Mughal architecture. Dance and music flourished as never before. They received the patronage of kings and the people; besides many works on music were produced during this period. Similar was the case with regard to the other fields of art, science and literature in which many works of merit were produced both in Persian and Sanskrit. Hindi took a definite shape; the Sant Kavyās and Vaishnava hymns are a special feature of this period. Almost all regional languages developed and flourished. In the political field, the first half of the fifteenth century was a period of decay; the second half of upheavals; but in the cultural field it was an age of sustained progress. There was a continuous progress of synthesis in spite of all conflicts—political, social and intellectual. In fact these conflicts provided an urge for synthesis and counteracted the reactionary tendencies which have been sometimes emphasised by the careless exaggerations of historians.