Ayodhya, archaeology after demolition : a critique of the "new" and "fresh" discoveries
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954.2 IRF/B Braj Bhūm in Mughal times : the state, peasants and Gosains | 954.2 LUC Lucknow : memories of a city | 954.2 MAD/M The making of the Awadh culture | 954.2 MAN/A Ayodhya, archaeology after demolition : a critique of the "new" and "fresh" discoveries | 954.2 REZ/F Fathpur Sikri Revisited | 954.2 TRI/M Medieval city of Agra | 954.2 VIB/H Hashimpura 22 May : the forgotten story of India's biggest custodial killing |
Archaeology has become implicated in the Ayodhya controversy. It has been claimed that archaeological evidence provides irrefutable proof of the existence of a Rama Temple at the site of Babri Masjid, and of the destruction of this temple by Babur. The author uses standard archaeological procedures to question the claim. He examines the structural and artefactual evidence and analyses the stratigraphic information of B. B. Lal’s excavations. Exploring possible alternative interpretations of the available data, he concludes that there was no temple of stone or brick lying below the mosque, and that there is no evidence of any act of destruction. The book is a defence of archaeology against its political misuse. A cautious examination of the archaeological evidence reveals a great deal about the working of communal politics. The archaeological discoveries which are supposed to prove the demolition of a Rama temple by Babur actually show no more than the logic of a politics which destroyed the Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992.
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