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    1) According to Professor Harbans Mukhiya, there was no temple in Ayodhya before the 19th century, and the idea of a temple there was not imagined until then. 2) He argues that claims that Mughal emperors demolished thousands of temples to force conversion to Islam are baseless, as Muslim population increased more under British rule despite Mughals ruling for over eight centuries. 3) Islam spread in India due to factors like Islamic teachings of brotherhood and tolerance over time, rather than by force, as Mughal history is silent on using swords to spread the religion.

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    1) According to Professor Harbans Mukhiya, there was no temple in Ayodhya before the 19th century, and the idea of a temple there was not imagined until then. 2) He argues that claims that Mughal emperors demolished thousands of temples to force conversion to Islam are baseless, as Muslim population increased more under British rule despite Mughals ruling for over eight centuries. 3) Islam spread in India due to factors like Islamic teachings of brotherhood and tolerance over time, rather than by force, as Mughal history is silent on using swords to spread the religion.

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    1) According to Professor Harbans Mukhiya, there was no temple in Ayodhya before the 19th century, and the idea of a temple there was not imagined until then. 2) He argues that claims that Mughal emperors demolished thousands of temples to force conversion to Islam are baseless, as Muslim population increased more under British rule despite Mughals ruling for over eight centuries. 3) Islam spread in India due to factors like Islamic teachings of brotherhood and tolerance over time, rather than by force, as Mughal history is silent on using swords to spread the religion.

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    There was no Mandir in Ayodhya before 19th century:


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    Prof Harbans Mukhiya


    Submitted by admin3 on 29 March 2010 - 10:54pm.

    By TCN News,
    Rampur: “As a historian I want to say that there was no Mandir in Ayodhya at all.
    Before 19th century there was not even imagination about the Mandir there but
    only after that it was propagated. No historian has written that Mughal emperors
    used the means of conversion for extension of their government. It is totally
    baseless that they brought down thousands of Mandirs and forced people to accept
    Islam” said famous historian and former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University,
    Harbans Mukhiya.
    He was delivering his extension lecture today on ‘Reasons behind spread of Islam
    in India’ at Raza Library in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.
    “Those who said that Mughal rulers demolished three thousand or sixty thousand
    Mandirs have no proofs. In fact, Some Mandirs were demolished but the reasons
    were different and not to impose Islam on people. If Mughal emperors demolished
    Mandirs and forced people to accept Islam then why there were only 15% Muslims
    in India despite they ruled the country for over eight centuries while their number
    increased during the period of British rule?” he asked.

    “Bihar, UP, Delhi and East Punjab were ruled by Mughal for long time even
    though in these areas population of Muslims could not go beyond 18%. It probes
    that people were not compelled to convert to Islam during Mughal period” he
    continued.

    He further said that Islam spread in India because of several reasons with the
    passage of time. “Islamic teachings of brotherhood, communal harmony, tolerance
    and kindness are some factors that attract people to embarrass Islam and Sofiyas’
    behavior and teachings also worked in this regard. If Muslim used swords to
    spread Islam then history never missed to mention that but history of Mughal
    period is silent on this issue” he added.

    In his presidential speech Syed Shahid Mahdi appreciated Professor Harbans to


    express the truth in the light of history. He said that a true historian can only speak
    reality as Professor Harbans Mukhiya did.
    Speaking on the occasion, Professor Shah Abdussalam of Raza Library said that
    Islam spread because of its teachings that impressed people who were living under
    exploitation and cruelty.

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