Ayodhya: Archaeology After Demolition; A Critique of the 'New' and 'Fresh' Discoveries - Softcover
Archaeology has become implicated in the Ayodhya controversy. It has been claimed that archaeological procedures to question the claim. This 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 December 6, 1992.
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Prof. D. Mandal teaches in the Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, University of Allahabad.
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- PublisherSangam Books Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 8125023445
- ISBN 13 9788125023449
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages74
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Ayodhya : Archaeology After Demolition: A Critique of the New and Fresh Discoveries
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents: Introduction. 1. The discoveries. 2. Analysis. 3. Discussion. 4. Afterword. Notes. "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 the Babri Masjid, and the destruction of this temple by Babur. The author uses standard archaeological procedures to question the claim. He examines the structural and artifactual 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. "This 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."No. 30112 74 pp. Seller Inventory # 46173
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