"In the late 12 Century, the Chishus adapted to the local environment and adopted features of Indian devotional traditions." Explain.

"In the late 12 Century, the Chishus adapted to the local environment

1.	"In the late 12 Century, the Chishus adapted to the local environment and adopted features of Indian devotional traditions." Explain.
Answer» Solution :The Chishtis in the subcontinent adapted to LOCAL environment and adopted FEATURES of Indian devotional traditions: (i) Life in the Chishtikhanqah similar to Ashram- The khanqah was the centre of social life. It comprised several small rooms and a big hall where inmates and visitors lived and prayed. The Shaikh lived in a small room on the roof of the hall where he MET visitors in the morning and evening (ii) Hindus Jogis and qalandars travellers came seeking discipleship from the Shaikh.Visitors, pocts such as Amir HASSAN, Amir Khusrau and the court historian Ziyauddin Barani wrote about the Shaikh (iii) They received the patronage of royal visitors. Verses of Baba FARID were incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. (iv) Short and longpoems like "PremAkhyan "were attributed to Chishti Sufis. (v) The Chishts accepted donations in cash and kind.