Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s7.43

c17.s7.43

Rich Hindus, especially in the south, "used tables in the manner of Europeans with silver vessels upon them. Others ate on carpets."[¹²¹] Brahmans generally did not eat meat, besides they also avoided onion and garlic.¹²² Inter-dining was neither liked nor practised by them. This attitude had permeated into other castes also. With the coming of the Muslims restrictions on interdining had become more than a fad.¹²³ But this custom did not affect the sense of hospitality of the Hindus which was proverbial.¹²⁴ Hindu princes gave shelter to Muslim nobles even at great risks, but since they did not inter-dine amongst themselves they did not inter-dine with the Muslims.