Synopsis This book provides valuable basic information on the fundamental issues pertaining to Sufism. Origin and earliest sects of Sufism: philosophy development, main orders and path of Sufism reality of existence, spiritual experiences, sufignostic system; early silsilas, minor Sufi orders, Sufism and Indian thought, Sufism in Islam, a chronology of Sufi Saints in India, etc. are among the topics which have been x-rayed herein. Certainly, researchers and academics in the field of religion, history, philosophy, sociology and culture besides the general readers will find this book interesting and informative.