NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 8, 2002: The Voice of India has released “Ayodhya, The Case Against the Temple,” by Belgium scholar Koenraad Elst. The book deals with the debate over whether or note a Hindu temple actually existed at the place known as Ramjanmabhoomi, or the birthplace of Lord Rama, in Ayodhya. Elst, who specializes in Hindu issues, argues that those who claim there was no temple are ignoring persuasive evidence to the contrary for political reasons. He states, “Future historians will include the no-temple argument of the 1990s as a remarkable case study in their surveys of academic fraud and politicized scholarship.” The book is available from Voice of India, 2/18 Ansari Road, New Delhi, 110 002 or e-mail “source” above.
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