Some scholars state Kabir's ideas were one of the many influences[REF][REF] on Guru Nanak, who went on to found Sikhism in the fifteenth century.
Harpreet Singh, quoting Hew McLeod, states, "In its earliest stage Sikhism was clearly a movement within the Hindu tradition; Nanak was raised a Hindu and eventually belonged to the Sant tradition of northern India, a movement associated with the great poet and mystic Kabir."[REF]