Combination of many factors.
Genune change of hearts in some case.
Attraction to the religion of ruling class coz they ruled the sub continent for a long time.
The social conditions with regards to Caste System attracted a huge population of lower castes to Islam.
Some were also forcebly converted.
Islam good morals and justice as well as the authenticity of Islam religion and Quran. Refer to questions below for details.
For Hinduism in particular, one of the main draws of Islam was the equality between all people. Many Untouchables and Sudras (the lower castes) wanted to leave the caste system that made them permanently lower class and "lesser people".
There are Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and muslims in India.
Hindus Aupmanyav adds: of all religions originating in India including jains, buddhists, and sikhs.
India is a mainly Hindu country, but there are lots of non-Hindus in India as well, including Muslims, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Parsees.
In India or outside India? Taken as a whole, Asia has one billion hindus and some 500 million buddhists. But nearly all hindus live in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Bagmati is a river of Nepal and India. It flows through the Kathmandu valley and is considered holy by both Buddhists and Hindus.
This is a wrong question. India was never Hindu state. It was not even a country with territorial boundaries. India already had Hindus,buddhists and Jains living.
There are 28 states and 6 union territories. Religion wise it is predominatly Hindus followed by Muslims, christians, buddhists, Sikh and jainist.
the tree situated in bihar, India is very holy for both. Under this tree Lord Buddha got enlightenment & knowledge.
The Turkish Muslims in India were weakened by four things. The fours things were the persecution of Hindus, the invasion of the Mongols and the ability of the Muslim Turks to convert Hindus.
I think it's worshiped pretty much throughout India, but of course you have Muslims, Buddhists, Christians and other religious denominations mixed in there as well. There may be higher concentrations of Hindus in the mid-to-southern region of India than the northern which would probably have more Buddhists and Sikhs. There are also small isolated Christian communities in parts of southern India and the eastern part.
83 % of people in india practicing hinduism.
Islam is centered in North Africa and Asia. There are a significant number of Hindus in India and Buddhists in the far east, but Islam is still predominant.