Frontline

September 13-26, 2003

AYODHYA

Not the last word yet

SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN

Competent experts scrutinise the ASI's report on Ayodhya and raise the
pertinent question, in the light of the persistent abuse of archaeology by
VHP camp followers, whether its conclusions are consistent with what has
been discovered at the site.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2019/stories/20030926005412900.htm

`An attempt to mislead and misuse the evidence'

Interview with Professor Irfan Habib.

The distinguished historian Irfan Habib, former Professor and Head of the
Centre for Advanced Study at the Aligarh Muslim University and former
Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research, has been an astute
observer of and commentator on the political abuse of history in the Ayodhya
issue. He is one of several leading historians in the country who have
consistently defended the ethics and integrity of the historical discipline
against the mythification and distortion that History has become victim to
in recent times. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Parvathi Menon.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2019/stories/20030926005613100.htm

`It was not a temple'

Interview with Suraj Bhan.

Suraj Bhan, former Professor of Archaeology at the Kurukshetra University
and co-author of `A Historians' Report to the Nation' on the Ayodhya
controversy, visited the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) excavation site
in Ayodhya for three days in June to examine evidence collected during the
excavation. Excerpts from the e-mail interview he gave Parvathi Menon:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2019/stories/20030926005113200.htm