Twilight of the Sultanate c18.2

c18.2

PERHAPS THE GREATEST event of the fifteenth century was the silent revolution in Indian society brought about by a galaxy of socio-religious reformers. While themselves a product of the age the impress of which their teachings surely bore, the impact of their message on society was so great and so universal that Sikandar Lodi's religious intolerance appeared completely out of date. We shall now turn to make an appraisal of their contribution to the social and cultural life of the period under study.