Sanathana Dharma - will this continue its record of longivity?

[Ali_Syed]

Re: Sanathana Dharma - will this continue its record of longivity?

@calypsodc

Sufis played a part mostly in parts of Sindh, Kashmir and present day Bangladesh which turned majority muslim before partition. In the south especially Kerala , it was trade . The rest of the region, it was sword against sword in a fight for ideological superiority. People say that if muslim rulers had forced, then the entire area would have been converted. That is not a likely scenario because of Rajputs, Marathas and others who fought back. Even Harihara and Bukka who were forcefully converted came down south, reconverted and established one of the strongest hindu empires of medieval India.

Even in Punjab and KPK it were the sufis. All the areas where sufis had their presence became muslims. UP also had a considerable muslim population. Going down south where there was no impact of sufis the non muslims remained in majority (sword or no sword). Those who were using swords were doing it to capture land and not to spread any religious ideology.