What it says
The trenches found a massive structure directly below the mosque, with fifty pillar bases in rows, and below it earlier floors. A small circular shrine with a water outlet was found too. The report concluded that these remains carry “distinctive features” found associated with the temples of north India. In 2019 the Supreme Court held that the structure below was not Islamic in character, while noting that the ASI had not stated whether a temple was demolished to build the mosque.
What it proves
It was the main archaeological evidence before the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya case, decided on 9 November 2019.
