LUCKNOW: The All India Muslim Private Regulation Board (AIMPLB) has refuted claims that the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which performed a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report within the district court docket earlier, discovered proof of a Hindu temple there. In a press assertion, AIMPLB govt member Qasim Rasool Ilyas mentioned that the report of the ASI just isn’t “conclusive proof” on this controversial case.
“By doing this the opposition get together has created a sense of anarchy and insecurity within the society,” he added. Ilyas additionally accused the Hindu facet of ‘insulting’ the court docket by releasing the ASI report within the media. “Hindu communal organizations have been deceptive the general public for a few years concerning the Gyanvapi Masjid. The most recent instance of it is a report of the Archaeological Survey of India which they filed within the court docket and made out there to the plaintiff and defendant solely on the orders of the court docket. This report was for his or her research and preparation however by publishing it within the press, the opposition get together has not solely insulted the court docket however has additionally tried to mislead the easy individuals of the nation,” he mentioned.
He additionally alleged that the Hindu facet had tried its finest to mislead the general public and create unrest within the society months earlier than when the survey group in its report had described the fountain current within the reservoir as Shivalinga. “A number of months in the past, when the survey group in its report had described the fountain current within the reservoir as Shivalinga, the opposition get together had tried its finest to mislead the general public and create unrest within the society by publicizing it, though specialists It couldn’t be investigated nor did the court docket give any resolution on it,” he mentioned.
The AIMPLB, a number one organisation of Muslims within the nation, is a non-government physique constituted in 1973 to undertake appropriate methods for the safety and continued applicability of Muslim Private Regulation in India, most significantly the Muslim Private Regulation (Shariat) Software Act of 1937. The Muslim facet’s response got here a day after the Hindu plaintiffs’ lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain claimed citing the ASI report that there was proof to show that the Gyanvapi mosque had been constructed after demolishing a Hindu temple within the 17th century.
Jain claimed that ASI’s 800-page lengthy report point out discovering historic scriptures in Kannada, Devanagari, and Telugu languages contained in the mosque premises. The scriptures have been about Rudra, Janardan and Vishweshwar, and that the pillars of the demolished temple have been used to construct the mosque. The Varanasi court docket had on Wednesday directed for handing over the laborious licensed copies of the ASI report back to the attorneys of the rival sides. Each Hindu and Muslim events had sought copies of the ASI survey report.
ASI had submitted the report in two sealed covers final month in court docket. ASI, through the survey, began on August 4, used ground-penetrating radar and different scientific devices to establish what lay beneath the floor of the Gyanvapi mosque premises. The group additionally surveyed the internal and outer partitions, the cellar and different elements of the premises barring the ‘wuzukhana’ (the place the place Muslims carry out ablution earlier than continuing to supply prayers).
The ASI report on the Gyanvapi mosque complicated revealed {that a} pre-existing construction appeared to have been destroyed within the 17th century, and “a part of it was modified and reused,” including that primarily based on scientific research, it may be mentioned that there “existed a big Hindu temple previous to the development of the present construction.”
The ASI additionally mentioned the “western wall of the present construction is the remaining a part of a pre-existing Hindu temple”. “The Arabic-Persian inscription discovered inside a room mentions that the mosque was constructed within the 20th regnal yr of Aurangzeb (1676-77 CE). Therefore, the pre-existing construction seems to have been destroyed within the 17th century, through the reign of Aurangzeb, and a part of it was modified and reused within the present construction. Primarily based on scientific research/survey carried out, research of architectural stays, uncovered options and artefacts, inscriptions, artwork and sculptures, it may be mentioned that there existed a Hindu temple previous to the development of the present construction,” the ASI mentioned in its report.
“Primarily based on the scientific research and observations on central chamber and essential entrance of the pre-existing construction in present construction, western chamber and western wall, reuse of pillars and pilasters of pre-existing construction within the present construction, inscriptions on the present construction, Arabic and Persian inscription on the free stone, sculptural stays in cellars, and so on. it may be mentioned that there existed a big Hindu temple, previous to the development of the present construction,” the report additional mentioned.
“In compliance of the order of the District Court docket, Varanasi, dated July 21, 2023, affirmed by the Excessive Court docket of Allahabad by order dated August 3, 2023, and the Supreme Court docket of India by order dated August 4, 2023, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out a scientific investigation and survey in a 2150.5-square-meter space fenced with metal grills in and across the present construction (excluding the areas sealed by the orders of the Supreme Court docket). All of the objects which have been observed through the scientific investigation or survey within the complicated have been duly documented. These objects embody inscriptions, sculptures, cash, architectural fragments, pottery, and objects of terracotta, stone, metallic, and glass,” the report mentioned.
The ASI additional famous that through the current survey, a complete of 34 inscriptions have been recorded and 32 stampages have been taken. The ASI in its survey talked about that pillars from earlier temples have been reused whereas making cellars within the japanese a part of the platform. “A collection of cellars have been additionally constructed to the east to create further area and a big platform in entrance of the mosque for accommodating a lot of individuals for prayers. Pillars from earlier temples have been reused whereas making cellars within the japanese a part of the platform. A pillar adorned with bells, niches for conserving lamps on all 4 sides, and bearing an inscription of Samvat 1669 is reused in cellar N2,” it mentioned.
“Sculptures of Hindu deities and carved architectural members have been discovered buried underneath the dumped soil in cellar S2,” it added. The survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises started after the Allahabad Excessive Court docket rejected the petition filed by Muslim litigants in search of a keep on the Varanasi court docket’s order for a scientific survey by the ASI.
