09-30-2010, 02:43 AM
Dear Harekrishna, no problem. In the post before yours I have found some more information as given by great excavators and scholars. This gave me the following reconstruction of data:
Ancient temples
- The Janmabhumi area has had continuous and mostly interconnected layers of temple structures for some past three millennia.
Old massive temple till at least 10th century
- The till at least 10th century structure was destroyed in the 11th century, interconnected to which was the new temple built in the next period below.
New temple 12th century
- the Gahadavala period new temple through Meghasuta with its splendid golden dome as described in the Vishnu Hari inscription which was found from the wall of the demolished structure in 1992.
New temple damaged and repaired 12th to 16th century
- This 12th century temple too was one or more times desecrated and damaged between the 12th and 16th century by possibly Delhi and Sharqi Sultans.
- But it did still function as temple after reparations (which led to the triple dome superstructure of this period - repairs possibly connected to Nayachandra and Ayushchandra, names also found from the demolished Babri structure).
New temple damaged > repaired as Babri Masjid 16th century
- Babur came and damaged and desecrated the previously repaired temple of the 12th to 16th century. The structure was repaired with cosmetic changes to be fit as Muslim sanctuary, renamed as Babri Masjid.
Thus, based upon the findings of B.B. Lal and others, the demolished structure with the names of Masjid-i Janamsthan and Babri Masjid was a Mughal time desecrated, damaged and converted temple, repaired by Hindus in the Sultanate period and built in the 12th century during Govindachandra Gahadavala, and of which most parts were still of the hands of Hindu masons under order of local Hindu rulers.
But, let's see what the decision is tomorrow.
Ancient temples
- The Janmabhumi area has had continuous and mostly interconnected layers of temple structures for some past three millennia.
Old massive temple till at least 10th century
- The till at least 10th century structure was destroyed in the 11th century, interconnected to which was the new temple built in the next period below.
New temple 12th century
- the Gahadavala period new temple through Meghasuta with its splendid golden dome as described in the Vishnu Hari inscription which was found from the wall of the demolished structure in 1992.
New temple damaged and repaired 12th to 16th century
- This 12th century temple too was one or more times desecrated and damaged between the 12th and 16th century by possibly Delhi and Sharqi Sultans.
- But it did still function as temple after reparations (which led to the triple dome superstructure of this period - repairs possibly connected to Nayachandra and Ayushchandra, names also found from the demolished Babri structure).
New temple damaged > repaired as Babri Masjid 16th century
- Babur came and damaged and desecrated the previously repaired temple of the 12th to 16th century. The structure was repaired with cosmetic changes to be fit as Muslim sanctuary, renamed as Babri Masjid.
Thus, based upon the findings of B.B. Lal and others, the demolished structure with the names of Masjid-i Janamsthan and Babri Masjid was a Mughal time desecrated, damaged and converted temple, repaired by Hindus in the Sultanate period and built in the 12th century during Govindachandra Gahadavala, and of which most parts were still of the hands of Hindu masons under order of local Hindu rulers.
But, let's see what the decision is tomorrow.