The history of India which furnishes a striking illustration of the impact of many divergent cultures which were gradually transformed by a process of mutual adjustment, surely needs the attention of a student of sociology and history who endeavpurs to understand the inter actions of human mind and the effects of cultural contacts as presented in the customs, religion, literature and art of a people. Before any generalizations can be made, it is necessary to collect facts. I have sought mainly to collect facts in this essay and facts too connected with only two aspects bf civilizationreligion and art. I am conscious of the inadequacy of the attempt. It is partly due to the nature of the enquiry cultural facts are so deeply shrouded in obscurityand partly to my personal difficulties. But for the encouragement of friends who read the essay in the manuscript and considered publication worthwhile, it might still lie mouldering in. My thanks are due to Dr. Banarsi Prasad Saxena for pre paring the index and making improvements in the manuscript, and to Mr. Bhagwat Daya for reading the proofs. I am indebted to Mr. H. K.
Ghosh, the enterprising proprietor of The Indian Press, for undertaking its publication. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PREMULIM HINDU CULTURE THE ADVENT OF THE MUSLIMS IN INDIA MYSTICISM IN ISLAM HINDU REFORMERS OF THE SOUTH: HINDU REFORMERS OF THE SOUTH: II 09 THE ADVENT OF THE MUSLIMS IN THE NORTH GURU MANAK SIXTEENTH CENTURY SAINTS LATER SAINTS REFORMERS OF BENGAL AND MAHARASHTRA INDIAN ARCHITECTURE INDIAN PAINTING BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS
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