[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c17.s3.3 # Mughal Administration c17.s3.3 Mughal Administration c17.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.3) So, too, the Sufi movement afforded a common platform to the more learned and devout minds among the Hindus and Muhammadans. Unlike the above-mentioned popular religions of mediæval India, Sufism never extended to the illiterate people. It was essentially a faith—often an intellectual-emotional enjoyment—reserved for the philosophers, authors and mystics free from bigotry. The eastern variety of Sufism is mainly an off-shoot of the Vedanta of the Hindus, and it rapidly spread and developed in India from the time of Akbar onwards. - [Previous: c17.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.2) - [Next: c17.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.4) - [Up: c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.3) · Pramāṇa