The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c18.s8.7

c18.s8.7

During this period the contact between Hinduism and Islam had begun to exert some influence on the followers of the two creeds. The Hindu convert to Islam naturally retained some of his Hindu habits and mode of life. He readily took to the practice of worshipping saints and shrines, as he was accustomed, while Hindu, to the worship of local and tribal deities. *Sufism* provided a common ground to the followers of the two creeds. Among the intellectuals of the two creeds, however, there was not much of cultural or religious contact.