Religious Movements and Institutions in Medieval India, Volume 3, Part 2J. S. Grewal Part of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture series on medieval Indian history, this volume looks at the period through the larger parameters of religion and religious movements within some of the country's major religions. |
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Acharya Ahmad Akbar ascetics Aurangzeb became Bengal Bhai Gurdas bhakti Brahman Calcutta caliph caste centre century Chaitanya Chishti cult culture Dadu Dadu's dargah death deity Delhi devotion dharmsala disciples divine female followers Gauḍīya Goddess Gosain Gosvāmin grants Gujarat gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh Guru Nanak Hindus History Ibid ideas Imam important inscription Islam J.S. Grewal Kabir Kadwaha Kāfis Khalsa khanqah Khwaja king kirtan Krishna Kṛṣṇa large number Mahdawi matha māyā medieval India Mira's movement Mughal Muhammad Muslim mystic Nathdwara Nizamuddin Auliya Pandharpur Panth pilgrimage political popular practices Prophet Punjab Purana Raja Rāma Ravidas refers religion religious ritual Rizvi rulers saints Saiyid Sampradaya sangat Sanskrit sect Shah Husain Shaikh Shaikh Abdul Shaikh Farid Shaloks Shi'as Shia Shiva Shri Nathji shrine Sikh social soul South Indian spiritual Sufis Sufism Sultan Sunnis temple tradition Tukaram ulama Vaishnava Vallabhacharya Vār Varkari verses village Vitthalnath women worship