Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s6.12

c18.s6.12

And once these masters were on the scene no more, their message was forgotten by a people in whose mind caste and religious differences were built-in fixtures. As time passed the message of each thinker became a monopoly of his followers. Failing to understand the ideas of others, members of each group made unique claims and preached the inherent virtues of their own sect. Religious tolerance only came to mean that since people must live separately, let them live in peace. The result was that in place of all people coming together and uniting, there were some more sects added to the existing ones, and if differences were not actually accentuated they were not minimised.