Islam in India
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Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. India has the third-largest
Jama Masjid, Delhi
Cheraman Perumal Juma Masjid on the Malabar Coast, probably the first Mosque in India.
The Taj Mahal in Agra, India. It was built under Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century, and represents Indo-Islamic architecture.
Muslim family from Malabar, 1540
India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arab
Islam in India
…second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. India has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. Most of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up about 15% of the Muslim population. Islam…
Manuscript illustration, c. 1650, of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, composed in story-telling fashion c. 400 BCE – c. 300 CE
Cave 26, a Buddhist shrine, of the rock-cut Ajanta Caves
The Brihadisvara Temple, built by Chola monarch Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE
Calligraphy on the Qutb Minar, built in the Delhi sultanate from 1199 CE to 1220 CE