“When the British authors' evidence was procuced, it was rejected as being motivated. When the Muslim authors' evidence is being procuced, it rejected as being motivated in its own way. God knows what type of evidence will satisfy people of this ilk.”

—  Harsh Narain

The Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute: Focus on Muslim sources (1993)

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