Jainism

===Medieval===
[[File:Gori Mandar.jpg|alt=Jain monuments in Nagarparkar, Pakistan|thumb|The ruins of [[Gori Temple, Nagarparkar|Gori Jain temples]] in [[Nagarparkar]], Pakistan, a pilgrimage site before 1947.<ref name=":0"/>]]
Jainism faced persecution during and after the [[Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent]]. The scholarship in context of Jain relations with the ruler of [[Delhi Sultanate]] remains scarce, notwithstanding there were several instances of cordial relations of Jains with prominent rulers of the Sultanate. [[Alauddin Khalji]] (1296–1316), as attested by the Jain texts held discussions with Jain sages and once specially summoned Acharya Mahasena to Delhi.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyEoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT439|title=The Age of Wrath: A History of The Delhi Sultanate|publisher=Penguin UK|author=[[Burjor Avari]]|date=April 2015|isbn=9789351186588}}</ref> One more prominent Jain figure Acharya Ramachandra Suri was also honored by him. During his reign, his governor of Gujarat, [[Alp Khan]] permitted the reconstruction of the temples razed during earlier Muslim conquests and himself made huge donation for the renovation of Jain temples.<ref name=Pushpa>{{cite journal|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=54|title=The Jain Community in the Delhi Sultanate|publisher=[[Indian History Congress]]|author=Pushpa Prasad|pages= 224, 225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Peter Jackson |author-link=Peter Jackson (historian) |title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA221 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=288|isbn=978-0-521-54329-3}}</ref> [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] (1325–1351) according to the Jain chronicles favoured the Jain scholars.<ref>{{cite book |author = Iqtidar Alam Khan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGSKTttoa3IC&pg=PR17 |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval India |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2008|page=101|quote=Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325–1351) is mentioned in Jain texts as showing favour to Jain scholars|isbn=9780810864016}}</ref>
 
The [[Mughal Empire|Mughal emperors]] in general were influenced by the Jain scholars and made patronage and grants for their pilgrimage sites under [[Humayun]] (1540–1556), [[Akbar]] (1556–1605), [[Jahangir]] (1605–1627) and even [[Aurangzeb]] (1658–1707).<ref>{{Cite web |author=[[Audrey Truschke]]|title=What Aurangzeb did to preserve Hindu temples (and protect non-Muslim religious leaders) |url=https://scroll.in/article/829943/what-aurangzeb-did-to-preserve-hindu-temples-and-protect-non-muslim-religious-leaders |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Scroll.in |date=23 February 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite this, there were instances of religious bigotry during the Mughal rule towards Jains. [[Babur]] (1526–1530), the first Mughal emperor ordered the destruction of various Jain idols in [[Gwalior]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kurt Titze|author2=Klaus Bruhn|title=Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-violence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loQkEIf8z5wC|year=1998|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1534-6|pages=101–102 |quote="In 1527, the Urvahi Jinas were mutilated by the Mughal emperor Babar, a fact he records in his memoirs"}}</ref> In 1567, Akbar [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1567-1568)|ravaged the fort of Chittor]]. After the conquest of the fort, Akbar ordered the destruction of several Jain shrines and temples in Chittor.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ram Vallabh Somani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIBAAAAMAAJ|title=History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D.|publisher=Mateshwari|year=1976|page=221|quote=A glaring example of this sort of feeling is the destruction of several Hindu and Jain shrines, made at Chittor, during the course of invasion by the forces of Akbar|oclc=2929852}}</ref> Similarly there were instances of desecration of Jain religious shrines under [[Jahangir]], [[Shah Jahan]] and most notably under [[Aurangzeb]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=EATON |first=RICHARD M. |title=Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States |date=2000 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26198197 |journal=Journal of Islamic Studies |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=283–319 |doi=10.1093/jis/11.3.283 |jstor=26198197 |issn=0955-2340}}</ref>

The Jain community were the traditional bankers and financiers, and this significantly impacted the Muslim rulers. However, they rarely were a part of the political power during the Islamic rule period of the Indian subcontinent.{{sfn|Cort|1998|pp=85–86}}