Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c6.s2.109

c6.s2.109

² It is often alleged that the two brothers were converts to Muhammadanism; but of this there is no evidence. It is true that they were high officials at the Muhammadan court at Gauḍa, and they are reported (C-C, Madhya i and iv) to have considered themselves impure because of their contact with and service in the Muhammadan court; but this does not of itself prove the fact of their conversion to Islam, of which there is no direct and reliable evidence (see Amarnath Ray in Indian Culture v, 1938-39, p. 202 and S. K. De in ibid, pp. 68 footnote and 205). On the contrary, the Bhakti-ratnākara account (ch. i) makes it probable that they retained their original faith. This work says that the two