Sentence 1: Although neither Chandidas nor Maladhar Basu Vaishnavas were , they should lay the foundation for much of the following Vaishnava poetry in Bengal .
Sentence 2: Although neither Maladhar Basu nor Chandidas were Vaishnavas , they were to lay the foundation for much of the following Vaishnava poetry in Bengal .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?