Saints of the Indus: The Rise of Islam in South Asia's Borderlands
Event Details
Date
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
This lecture explores the geography and history of the Indus borderlands in order to throw new light on the age-old question why and how their populations were the only ones in South Asia to convert to Islam.The reasons for this unique religious and social transformation are fundamentally rooted in geography.
Cost
Free