[razoroccam]

"Although I don't understand all the dynamics here, Hinduism seems to have had a serious resurgence under Moslem rule. Possibly this had something to do with Mongol religious politics ~ they had just been in some serious wars with Buddhism for several centuries. Others with a better command of Indian and Mongolian history could probably address the question"

India was a Buddhist country till about 600 - 700 AD when it was re-converted to "Hinduism" by Sri Sankracharya. It had about 400 years of renewed glory before the Islamic onslaught. It was in wane from 1100 AD till 1990 when the RSS/BJP came to power.

[muawiyah]

Thanks for the reference on Sri Sankracharya. Just spent some time reading about the fellow. 'twould seem that the movement he initiated in or about 700 CE/AD would have been rolling back the Buddhists and Jains at the same time the Arabs, with their Islam, were beginning their march to the East.

Conflict was inevitable.

No wonder all those Jain and Buddhist Temples have been been overbuilt with Hindu temples and Moslem mosques.