MP: ASI Seeks Extension for Bhojshala Complex Survey Report
Deccan ChronicleBhopal: The Archaeological Survey of India has filed a plea in the Madhya Pradesh high court seeking four weeks’ time to submit its survey report on 13th century monument in Dhar district in the state, currently caught in the controversy in the wake of Hindus and Muslims laying claims over it as their respective place of worship. The ASI which was to submit the survey report on the contentious Bhojshala temple- Kamal Maula mosque complex to the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday has sought four more weeks to file the report, citing the ongoing study of the data compiled during the Ground Penetrating Radar - Geographic Information System survey of the site by the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. “The ASI has sought four weeks’ time to submit its report to Madhya Pradesh high court. The ASI started the survey of the site on March 22 on the direction of the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court which sought to ascertain if a mosque was built by destroying a temple in the complex to end the long-standing row over it.