About the Book: Rama and Ayodhya
This work briefly examines the antiquity of the Rama Katha and spread of the
Rama cult over the Indian subcontinent in the context of claims of left
academics on its late popularity. It main focus is the conflict at Ayodhya over
the Ramjanmabhumi temple allegedly destroyed by mughal emperor, Babar in 1528.
It examines the accounts of foreign travelers in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, and eighteenth centuries, and British administrator-scholars in the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which testify to Ayodhyas continuing
importance as a pilgrimage centre associated with Ramas birthplace. The extended
litigation over the Ramajanmabhumi/ Babri Masjid in colonial