However, Narayanan tries to show that Muslims have always been an integral part of South Asia by highlighting their interest in and engagement with Indian culture. She uses the famous text Cirappuranam to show how Muslims made an effort to simultaneously construct an Islamic and Indic identity using ideas and cultures shared by both Hindus and Muslims. In this text, the life of the Prophet is described as having a Tamil background by adapting the genre of Tamil poetry (Narayanan 75,79). Muslims also created Persian translations of Sanskrit works. On the other hand, Hindus made efforts as well to interlink Hinduism with Islam by incorporating Muslim saints and teachers into their religious practices (Narayanan 77). The chapter discusses numerous other literary works in which Hinduism and Islam merge and
However, Narayanan tries to show that Muslims have always been an integral part of South Asia by highlighting their interest in and engagement with Indian culture. She uses the famous text Cirappuranam to show how Muslims made an effort to simultaneously construct an Islamic and Indic identity using ideas and cultures shared by both Hindus and Muslims. In this text, the life of the Prophet is described as having a Tamil background by adapting the genre of Tamil poetry (Narayanan 75,79). Muslims also created Persian translations of Sanskrit works. On the other hand, Hindus made efforts as well to interlink Hinduism with Islam by incorporating Muslim saints and teachers into their religious practices (Narayanan 77). The chapter discusses numerous other literary works in which Hinduism and Islam merge and