Socio-Cultural Impact of Islam on India

Author: Attar SinghPublisher: Punjabi UniversityYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 200ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185322295 DescriptionThis volume celebrates the eight hundredth birth anniversary of Sheikh Baba Farid and seeks to provide the historical background to his life and works and also studies the contribution of Islam to the renewal and renaissance of the socio-cultural life, institutions and traditions of India and its role in determining their distinctive character and features.The Punjab University is thankful to the Sheikh Baba Farid Memorial Society which entrusted to this University the assignment of preparing two commemorative volumes on Sheikh Farid and his times. Many volumes have already appeared dealing exclusively with the life and works of that great Sufi poet of medieval times. Therefore it was altogether a novel idea to bring out the impact of Islam on the socio-cultural life of this country, its institutions and traditions.The present volume is in the nature of a