AYODHYA

The Case Against the Temple

Koenraad Elst

Voice of India, New Delhi

Contents
Foreword
1. The Ayodhya debate: focus on the ‘no temple’ evidence
2. Ashoka and Pushyamitra, iconoclasts?
3. The Bodh Gaya temple controversy
4. Harsha of Kashmir, a Hindu iconoclast?
5. Vandalism sanctified by scripture
6. The details about ‘Hindu iconoclasm’
7. Why did Aurangzeb demolish the Kashi Vishvanath temple?
8. From Ayodhya to Nazareth
9. Ayodhya and the Supreme Court
10. Mohammed Habib’s history-rewriting
11. The Ayodhya evidence debate
12. About the Hindu critique of monotheism
13. Postscript: a lasting solution
Bibliography