The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court relied heavily on the ASI report in its verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, says Dr AK Mishra, one of the three observer-archaeologists appointed by the high court for their vigil during the excavation by ASI at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Download free programs. The report clearly indicated the presence of a huge pre-existing structure beneath the working floor of the demolished structure, Dr Mishra told HT. Dr Mishra is also dean, Faculty of Arts and professor of Archaeology at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad. The High Court ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on March 5, 2003 to conduct an excavation at the disputed site to confirm the third issue “whether there was any temple/structure which was demolished and mosque was constructed on the disputed site”? ASI conducted its excavation from March 12, 2003 to August 7, 2003 under the direction of Hari Manjhi and B.R. Hari of the ASI, New Delhi, with a team of 21 archaeologists of the ASI of different religions. The High Court appointed a panel of observers, including two additional district judges of Faizabad HS Dubey and MA Siddiqui, to maintain judicial transparency and three archaeologists — Prof RC Thakaran of Delhi University, Dr Jaya Menon of MS University (Baroda) and Prof AK Mishra of Dr RML Avadh University (Faizabad) — to have a close vigil on the excavation work which was carried out with the help of about 130 labourers, having an equal ratio of Muslims and Hindus. The Archaeological Survey of India Report. The Archaeological Survey of India. This entry was posted in Nation and tagged archaeological survey report, ASI, Ayodhya. Asi Report On Babri MasjidThis excavation abided by the guidelines of the Ground Penetrating Radar Survey (GPRS) report, submitted to the High Court on February 17, 2003. It concluded that a variety of anomalies, ranging from 0.5 to 5.5 meters in depth, could be associated with ancient and contemporaneous structures such as pillars, foundation walls, slab-flooring extending in a large area of disputed structure. By the orders of the court, the GPRS was carried out from December 30, 2002 to January 17, 2003 on a total area of 3900 sq metres, comprising 132 trenches of the disputed structure. The actual archaeological digging by ASI was focused to verify 184 anomalies indicated by the GPR survey.
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