The 13th century involved the expansion of a ruling dynasty that took place across South Asia. Known as the Delhi Sultanate, the dynasty gained control over the region of India. During the Delhi Sultanate rule, Muslim rulers displayed low tolerance toward their non-Muslim subjects in which they still allowed them to remain part of the society, but to the extent that non-Muslims were to live in difficult conditions by being under the restricting rules placed on them for not converting to Muslim views. Non-Muslims under rule by Muslim rulers during the Delhi Sultanate were still accepted to being a part of Sultanate society (Doc 1, 3, 4). Muslim rulers were forced to provide the majority of the non-Muslim population with enough contentment …show more content…
These conditions would involve paying high cost taxes as well as being disrespected by most Sultans while Hindu institutions were destroyed (Doc 2). From the point of view that Hindus were unfavourably discriminated, the document signifies that non-Muslims lived in difficult conditions. Non-Muslims would also suffer losses in property and life where the sultanate period was difficult for Hindus as well (Doc 5). Through the view that Hindus struggled under Sultanate rule, the document is also indicating that non-Muslims lived in harsh conditions. About the repeated destruction of the Somnath Temple in Gujarat by Islamic armies in 1299 CE, the removal of traditional Hindu culture also applies to the difficult conditions non-Muslims were to live under (Doc 6). While in 1299 CE, when Sultanates destroyed the temple, the document further signifies the harsh conditions non-Muslims were to live in. Concerning the ancient lats of Hindi origins, Sultanates instead installed the pillars near mosques, which further affects non-Muslims living under restricted Muslim rule. The date of 3rd century BC when Sultanates decided the act indicates that non-Muslims did live in such conditions. Another factor that non-Muslims lived in harsh conditions was that non-Muslims would have held an inferior social position than