NEW DELHI, Oct 8: An influential Muslim body on Wednesday challenged in an Indian court an archaeological report which indicated there were the ruins of a temple beneath a destroyed 16th century mosque.

The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency quoted Zaffaryab Jilani, a lawyer for the Sunni Central Waqf Board, who said the objections were also filed on behalf of two other contesting Muslim parties.

In August the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in a report a 10th-century temple with Hindu carvings existed under the rubble of the Babri mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya.—AFP

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