28/06/2016 Ram temple was demolished during Aurangzeb's reign, says author |
Patna, June 28 (IANS) The Ram janmabhoomi temple at Ayodhya was demolished during the reign of Auranagzeb and not by Babur's commander Mir Baqi, says former IPS officer Kishore Kunal in his book "Ayodhya Revisited". In an interview to IANS, Kunal -- who was an Officer on Special Duty in the Union home ministry in the 1990s -- revealed that the misconception about Babur's role was due to Francis Buchanan who surveyed Ayodhya in 1813-1814 and was misled by an inscription at the mosque which mentioned one Baqi.
The so-called Babri Masjid had three domes that resembled other mosques built during Aurangzeb's time, Kunal stressed. |
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