Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s4.t1.37

c7.s4.t1.37

Among other manners we may mention that a special sanctity attached to those fortunate people who were born on the western side of the river Karamnasa in Bihar or in the Upper Gangetic plains and also died in that sacred region. Any indiscreet venture beyond these geographical limits degraded their future incarnation and there was every danger of their being born in a very disagreeable state of life at the next birth. The belief still survives in a modified and local form.⁴ It was natural for the Muslims in these conditions to assimilate some of these and other Hindu beliefs and prejudices.