'TRUTH EXCAVATED' - The ASI Report on the excavations in 2003 at Ayodhya
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
September 19, 2010 at 00:31:10
BEFORE THE VERDICT OF ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ABOUT THE RAM JANMABHOOMI
ISSUE PLEASE READ THIS REPORT BY ARCHEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF
INDIA. SPREADING THE TRUTH IS NEEDED.
The Archaeological Survey of India Report
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavated the mosque site at
the direction of the Lukhnow Bench Bench of the Allahabad High Court
in 2003. The archaeologists reported evidence of a large 10th century
structure similar to a Hindu temple having pre-existed the Babri
Masjid.
A team of 131 laborers including 29 Muslims -- who were later on
included on the objections of the Muslim side-, was engaged in the
excavations.
On June 11th, 2003 the ASI issued an interim report that only listed
the findings of the period between May 22nd and June 6th, 2003.
In August 2003 the ASI handed a 574-page report to the Lukhnow Bench
of the Allahabad High Court.
The ASI, who examined the site, issued a report of the findings of
the period between May 22nd and June 6th, 2003. This report stated:
"Among the structures listed in the report are several brick walls
'in east-west orientation', several 'in north-south orientation',
'decorated colored floor', several 'pillar bases', and a '1.64-metre
high decorated black stone pillar (broken) with vaksha figurines on
four corners' as well as "Arabic inscription of holy verses on stone"
Earlier reports by the ASI, based on earlier findings, also mention
among other things a staircase and two black basalt columns 'bearing
fine decorative carvings with two cross legged figures in bas-relief
on a bloomed lotus with a peacock whose feathers are raised upwards'.
The excavations give ample traces that there was a mammoth pre-
existing structure beneath the three-domed Babri structure. Ancient
perimeters from East to West and North to South have been found
beneath the Babri fabrication. The bricks used in these perimeters
predate the time of Babur. Beautiful stone pieces bearing carved
Hindu ornamentations like lotus, Kaustubh jewel, alligator facade,
etc., have been used in these walls. These decorated architectural
pieces have been anchored with precision at varied places in the
walls. A tiny portion of a stone slab is sticking out at a place
below 20 feet in one of the pits. The rest of the slab lies covered
in the wall. The projecting portion bears a five-letter Dev Nagari
inscription that turns out to be a Hindu name.
The items found below 20 feet should be at least 1,500 years old.
According to archaeologists about a foot of loam layer gathers on
topsoil every hundred years. Primary clay was not found even up to a
depth of 30 feet. It provides the clue to the existence of some
structure or the other at that place during the last 2,500 years.
More than 30 pillar bases have been found at equal spans. The pillar-
bases are in two rows and the rows are parallel. The pillar-base rows
are in North-South direction. A wall is superimposed upon another
wall. At least three layers of the floor are visible. An octagonal
holy fireplace (Yagna Kund) has been found. These facts prove the
enormity of the pre-existing structure.
Surkhii has been used as a construction material in our country since
over 2000 years and in the constructions at the Janma Bhumi Surkhii
has been extensively used. Molded bricks of round and other shapes
and sizes were neither in vogue during the middle ages nor are in use
today. It was in vogue only 2,000 years ago. Many ornate pieces of
touchstone (Kasauti stone) pillars have been found in the excavation.
Terracotta idols of divine figurines, serpent, elephant, horse-rider,
saints, etc., have been found. Even to this day terracotta idols are
used in worship during Diwali celebrations and then put by temple
sanctums for invoking divine blessings. The Gupta and the Kushan
period bricks have been found. Brick walls of the Gahadwal period
(12th Century CE) have been found in excavations.
Nothing has been found to prove the existence of residential
habitation there. The excavation gives out the picture of a vast
compound housing a sole distinguished and greatly celebrated
structure used for divine purposes and not that of a colony or
Mohalla consisting of small houses. That was an uncommon and highly
celebrated place and not a place of habitation for the common people.
Hindu pilgrims have always been visiting that place for thousands of
years. Even today there are temples around that place and the items
found in the excavations point to the existence of a holy structure
of North Indian architectural style at that place.
In the January 2003, Canadian geophysicist Claude Robillard performed
a search with ground- penetrating radar. The survey concluded the
following:
"There is some structure under the mosque. The structures were
ranging from 0.5 to 5.5 meters in depth that could be associated with
ancient and contemporaneous structures such as pillars, foundation
walls, slab flooring, extending over a large portion of the site".
Claude Robillard, the chief geophysicist stated the following:
"There are some anomalies found underneath the site relating to some
archaeological features. You might associate them (the anomalies)
with pillars, or floors, or concrete floors, wall foundation or
something. These anomalies could be associated with archaeological
features but until we dig, I can't say for sure what the construction
is under the mosque."
The final ASI report of August 25th, 2003 stated that there was an
evidence of a large Hindu temple having pre-existed the Babri mosque.
Midway into the excavations the courts ordered the removal of the
head of the ASI excavations for not following the excavation norms.
More at:
http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=12164
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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