IMPACT OF HINDUISM ON MUSLIM CULTURE OF SUBCONTINENT: A HISTORICAL & ANALYTICAL OVERVIEW

Abstract

The Muslim culture of the sub-continent demands special consideration about the nature of the 
impact of Hinduism on Islamic culture. There are some factors that make the study of this impact 
analyzable. The issue is the lack of evidence for the religious movements of medieval India. 
There was uncertainty at those times, like the few common themes of Hindu and Islamic mystical 
traditions are an example of this problem. This paper begins with a brief note on first Muslim 
arrival to sub-continent, beginning of an interaction, providing an explanation of the phenomenon 
based on the historical evolution of the Muslim community as a parallel society in the subcontinent. The modification in the cultural sphere; improvement of regional languages, religious 
pluralism, and in the social sphere; customs from birth to death, the development of Indo-Muslim 
music, fine art, and architecture have been outlined in the preceding paragraphs. It looks at how 
the Hindu influence was sought to be accepted by the Muslims and it concludes with the remarks 
of universal characteristics of Muslim culture.