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ASI finds ``massive structure'' in Ayodhya

LUCKNOW AUG. 25. In what could be a turning point in the Ayodhya dispute, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has reported to the High Court here that its excavations found distinctive features of a 10th century "massive structure" beneath the Babri Mosque site even as the Sunni Central Waqf Board (SCWB) termed the report "vague and self-contradictory".

The 574-page report consisting of written opinions and maps and drawings was opened before the full Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court this morning. It said there was archaeological evidence of a massive structure just below the disputed structure and evidence of continuity in structural activities from the 10th century onwards up to the construction of the disputed structure (Babri Mosque). The archaeological evidence and other discoveries from the site were indicative of remains that are distinctive features found associated with the temples of north India, the report said.

PTI

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