HIS 1122 Lecture 1: Mongol Empire
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This islamic impact did not come from arabia, but rather from central asia, mahmud, ruled of a turkish dynasty in eastern afghanistan ordered over 12 raids into northwestern india and destroy hindu temples. He was motivated by both religion and economic self interest. These invasions were destabilizing, but did not disrupt indian society as much as one might expect. As a strictly monotheistic religion islam stood at the opposite pole from the religious of. While islam was strictly monotheistic, had a dogmatic creed, regarded graven images as idolatrous and emphasized the quality of believers, hinduism was polytheistic; lacked a coherent creed, delighted in symbols and sancti ed the concept of human inequality. Indian faiths were tolerant and accepted many paths to the divine whereas muslims considered . At the same time, hindus and muslims often lived peacefully. This was especially rue of lower class indians whose status changed little.
