IMPACT OF HINDUISM ON MUSLIM CULTURE OF SUB-CONTINENT: 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 sub-continent. 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. "The social existence of Islamic sub-mainland requests exceptional thought about the idea of the effect of Hinduism on Islamic culture. There are a few factors that make the investigation of this effect complex.