Beyond Turk & Hindu

Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia challenges the long-held assumption that Muslims and Hindus are fundamentally incompatible. This collection explores a neglected area of commonality between Indic and Islamicate world views, revealing how they overlap and converge in the premodern history of South Asia.

Through a diverse range of perspectives and approaches, this book breaks free from the polemics of present-day politics and historicist distortions that have shaped our understanding of the region. The contributors demonstrate how literary genres, architectural forms, and identities intersect and influence one another in complex ways.

By examining a variety of texts, including literary works, architectural forms, and biographical accounts, this book offers a fresh perspective on the history of South Asia. It invites readers to reconsider their assumptions about the nature of cultural encounters and the relationships between different religious traditions.