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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) told the Madhya Pradesh high court that the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula masjid in Madhya Pradeshs Dhar district was built from the remains of earlier temples and the existing mosque at the site came up centuries later, adding the disputed structure to a string of similar conflicts roiling India for decades.I)..
Based on scientific investigations, survey and archaeological excavations, study and analysis of retrieved finds, study of architectural remains, sculptures, inscriptions, art and sculptures, it can be said that the existing structure was made from the parts of earlier temples, the 150-page report said..
The development holds striking similarities with suits filed by Hindu groups and petitioners in Varanasi and Mathura all part of what experts have called the new temple movements, where Hindu groups and individuals have approached lower courts to file petitions seeking legal solutions to decades-old religious disputes, instead of using street mobilisations to push for change..
In Dhar, ASI conducted the survey for 14 weeks between March 22 and June 30 on the directions of the high court and said the existing structure was built over the base of an earlier monument in the 11th century and the mosque probably came up in the 14th century..
Based on retrieved architectural remains, sculptural fragments, large slabs of inscriptions with literary texts and Nagakamika inscriptions on pillars, the ASI said a large structure associated with literary and educational activities existed at the site..
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