many of the Mughal Emperors advocated Hindu-Muslim unity.
if Hindus didn't have a choice... i doubt there would be this many hindus in the world today. isn't 1000 years of rule a long enough time for those "ruthless" rulers to spread their religion using the sword.
Dont hype up all this 1000 years and all dude,
The biggest example of the Muslim rule is in the hardcore heartland.
From Delhi,MP,UP,Rajasthan and parts of Bihar.
The sultanate/Mughals in delhi,Nawab of Awadh/Lucknow,Nawab of Bhopal/Pataudi,thats it.Period.
These were the only ones who survived,rest all vanished in thin air.
These are the places with Muslims rule as you can see they are also the most integrated parts of India,they have Hindi-Urdu mixed in their tongue.
No other state was colonized by the Muslims,in fact none has colonized us ever,they have rule for a few years but the rule did nada to our lifestyle.
We are/were doing the same things as always.
PS: Those emperors tried every single trick in the book to convert,subjugate,destroy the native people and their culture,don't think they didn't try.In fact if we didn't resist we would have all gone by now,it is because we resisted that we are still around.