Early Muslim invaders began conquering parts of western India in the 8th century, eventually spreading across much of the subcontinent between 1000-1500 AD. While Hinduism and Islam were distinct religions with cultural differences, over time interactions increased between the two populations as Muslims migrated to cities in India and occasionally converted local groups. However, Hindus largely did not convert and the two groups generally lived separately despite some integration within political and economic systems.
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SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA
Global Labor and Asian Culture
Like the Middle East, South Asia has been at the crossroads of civilizations
over the centuries. Outsiders came from the West, transforming Indian
culture and bringing Islam, Christianity, and ancient Indo-European
cultures and languages to the subcontinent. Some of Asia’s most important
cultural traditions have flowed out of South Asia. Buddhism was born in
India, and it spread from there around the world. Hinduism and Sikhism,
which also had their origins in India, have had a global reach as well. The
current interaction of South Asia with the world culturally, economically,
and demographically has historical precedents.
When we talk about South Asia, we are talking about a region that is, in
a narrow sense, easy to define—it is the subcontinent extending south from
the huge continental mass of Eurasia, a wedge of land surrounded by the
Indian Ocean to the southeast and southwest, by the world’s highest
mountain range to the north, by deserts to the west, and by jungles to the
east. It is the land of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; the island nations of
Sri Lanka and the Maldives; and the mountain nations of Bhutan and
Nepal. It is so self-contained that for centuries the region had no name;
indeed, a name was not necessary, since this region’s inhabitants were
scarcely aware that other people existed. However, from ancient times to
the present, there have been busy trade routes both overland and over
sea, and it was outsiders, in fact, who gave a name to the people living
beyond the Indus River. They named them for the river—they were Indoos,
or Hindus, and their land was Indu-land, or India.
Outsiders indeed discovered India. But, perhaps because it was so
isolated, each incursion into the region—by ancient Aryans, medieval
Mughals, colonial British, and contemporary globalization—has had a
significant impact. At the same time, culture and trade has flowed out of
the subcontinent to other parts of the world. The trails led over water to
Southeast Asia and over land to Central Asia and beyond. Because of the
land connection through Central Asia’s Silk Road, Central Asia has been
linked to South Asia, culturally as well as economically, for most of the
world’s history. During the colonial period, British India was an entity unto
itself, and in the twentieth century, Central Asia was dominated by the
Soviet Union and thus was cut off from the subcontinent. But there has
always been a South Asian–Central Asian connection.
South Asia is, like the Middle East, the spawning ground for great
religious cultures. In the case of South Asia, these religious cultures are
Hinduism and Buddhism, along with the religious traditions of Jains and
Sikhs. Hence, it is culturally a region of global-out impact. From the very
beginning, however, the global-in influences of other cultures have
challenged and chang.
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