![]() ![]() ![]() All of them refused my request for a formal interview. For the next two years, as I conducted my fieldwork, I had a series of conversations with some members of the Ayodhya excavation whom I met during my fieldwork at ASI sites. Most of my informants were frightened to speak, but some whose confidence I had gained did communicate. ” It was less than four months after the Ayodhya excavation and trepid reluctance was in the air. The court has forbidden us to talk about the excavation. A draughtsman-a 15 years’ veteran of the ASI-in hushed tones rebuked me: “Why are you troubling me? I have to support my children, sir. ![]() Everyone who had worked at Ayodhya had signed a High Court prohibitory order-it was forbidden to divulge any details about the excavation. Speaking about the Ayodhya excavation was prohibited. It was in the dry winter of 2003 at Dholavira when I met ASI archaeologists and technical staff who had excavated the disputed site of the Ram Janmabhoomi– Babri Masjid complex in Ayodhya. ![]()
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