Timeline

• Late 7th century
  • Islamic Merchants/Sufi mystics in India
• 711 AD
  • 17 year old Ummayad General conquers Indus Valley
• 10-12th centuries
  • Widespread Islamic conquests in Northern India
  • Delhi established as capital of Muslim India
• Til 1500s
  • Many Muslim states established
  • Competed with native (Hindu) states and others
• Differences between Islam and Hinduism
  • Islam
    • 1 god
    • Sophisticated (satisfies the believer's needs)
    • Egalitarian (values equality)
    • Is very intolerant and is very exclusive to other religions
  • Hinduism
    • Many gods
    • Sophisticated (satisfies the believer's needs)
    • Stratified (because of the Caste system)
    • Is definitely tolerant
• Hindus that are in lower classes are most likely to convert to Islam because they like equality
• Muslims that convert to the caste system are more likely to put themselves at the top
• Most Indians remain Hindu