Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c11.29

c11.29

Urdu¹ or Hindustani language, which dates from this period, tells us that there must have been intercourse between them and the Muslims.² We have noticed that such intercourse began long ago, and there were not wanting stray cases of Hindus prosecuting studies of the Muhammadan languages. The present period marks a larger development of the movement which had before been only in its inception. Ferishta also records that "the Hindus, who had hitherto never learned Persian, commenced during this reign to study Muhammadan literature."³