Beyond Turk And Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities In Islamicate South Asia; Editor: Gilmartin, David; Editor: Lawrence, Bruce B.; Hardback; Book

Editor: Gilmartin, David; Editor: Lawrence, Bruce B.
Hardback; Book; 8 B&w Photographs, 3 Maps, Notes References, Gloss
352 pages
Published: December 2000
University Presses of Florida
ISBN: 0813017815

This collection challenges the popular presumption that Muslims and Hindus are irreconcilably different groups, inevitably conflicting with each other. Invoking a new vocabulary that depicts a neglected substratum of Muslim-Hindu commonality, the contributors demonstrate how Indic and Islamicate world views overlap and often converge in the premodern history of South Asia.This collection challenges the presumption that Muslims and Hindus are irreconcilably different groups, inevitably conflicting with each other. It depicts a neglected substratum of Muslim-Hindu commonality, and demonstrates how the Indic and Islamicate world views overlap and often converge.