One was the emergence, during 600–300 B.C.E., of the religious and philosophical revolutions that would indelibly mark their respective civilizations: monotheistic Judaism from which would later develop the world religions of Christianity and Islam; Hinduism and Buddhism in southern Asia; the ...
Kabir, Indian poet-saint revered by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. His poetic personality and hagiography have been variously defined by the religious traditions he influenced. Although he has been depicted as a harmonizer of Hinduism and Islam, it would be