Ringing A Bell: No evidence of mosque at site

There is no evidence that any pro-Babri group has had continued occupation of the site since 1528. The first evidence of Ram Temple comes from an English merchant, William Finch, who travelled to India during Jehangir's reign.

Finch reached Ayodhya roughly 80 years after the demolition of the Ramjanmabhoomi temple. He was among the earliest witnesses to its location. His accounts talk of Brahmins and pilgrims who thronged the site but makes no mention of a mosque or Muslim presence at all.

—Meenakshi Jain, political scientist and historian