Masjid E Janamstan Aka Babri Masjid

Babri Masjid, the structure which was demolished on 6 December 1992 was not constructed atleast until 1717 CE.

This is the official map of Rama Janmabhumi (Ayodhya) dated 1717 CE. It is now in City Palace Museum, Jaipur.

This map clearly shows that Ram Temple existed atleast till 1717 CE, though islamist occupation happened earlier.

The map belongs to Jai Singh II (or “Sawai Jai Singh”), a Rajput noble in the Mughal court who purchased land and established a Jaisinghpura in the area surrounding the mosque in 1717 (as he had also done in several other Hindu religious places).

The documents of Jai Singh preserved in the Kapad-Dwar collection in the City Palace Museum of Jaipur, include this sketch map. It shows an open court yard and a built structure with three temple spires (sikharas) resembling later Babri Masjid with three domes.

 

The courtyard is labelled janmasthan and shows a Ram chabutra. The central bay of the built structure is labelled chhathi, which also denotes birthplace.

As hindus were prohibited from entering the main chhathi, they built a Chabutra in front yard and consecrated murti of Lord Rama. Sketch map also shows hindus perfoming pradakshinas around Rama Chabutra inside the site.

There are inscriptions on the Babri Masjid premises found in the 20th century state that the mosque was built in 935 AH (1528–29 CE) by Mir Baqi in accordance with the wishes of Babur. However, these inscriptions appear to be of a more recent vintage.

So, the proposed history that Babur ordered to build a masjid in 1528-19 CE is fake !

Baburnama (Chronicles of Babur) does not mention either the mosque or the destruction of a temple. Ramcharit Manas of Tulsidas (1574 CE) and Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1598 CE) made no mention of a mosque either.

William Finch, the English traveller who visited Ayodhya around 1611 CE, wrote about the “ruins of the Ranichand [Ramachand] castle and houses” where Hindus believed the great God “took flesh upon him to see the tamasha of the world.” He found pandas (Brahmin priests) in the ruins of the fort, recording the names of pilgrims, but there was no mention of a mosque.

Thomas Herbert described in 1634 CE the “pretty old castle of Ranichand built by a Bannyan Pagod of that name” which he described as an antique monument that was “especially memorable“. He also recorded the fact of Brahmins recording the names of pilgrims.

European Jesuit missionary Joseph Tiefenthaler, who lived and worked in India for 38 years (1743–1785 CE) and wrote numerous works about India, visited Ayodhya in 1767 CE. Johann Bernoulli translated his work Descriptio Indiae (in Latin) into French, published in 1788 CE. According to this account, Aurangzeb (r. 1658–1707 CE) had demolished the Ramkot fortress, including the house that was considered as the birthplace of Rama by Hindus. A mosque with three domes was constructed in its place.

The Masjid was called as Masjid-E-Janmasthan for many years.

The 3 dome construction demolished on 6 December 1992 was built by Aurangzed after demolishing the Ram Mandir.Francis Buchanan-Hamilton did a survey of the Gorakhpur Division in 1813–14 on behalf of the British East India Company. His report states that Ram Mandir destruction happened due to furious zeal of Aurangzeb.In 1838, British surveyor Montgomery Martin wrote that the pillars in the mosque were taken from a Hindu temple. If Babar really built Babri Masjid in 1527, can anybody tell me what the temple is doing it its place even in 1717? How is it that travelers like William Finch in 17th century did not find any "mosque" in Ayodhya. What they found was a temple and a fort dedicated to Lord Rama. If Babar really built  the so called "Babri Masjid", how is it that it was never mentioned in Babarnama or by any of contemporary Mughal historians?.
PS- The next map dated to 1889 clearly shows the three temple shikaras replaced by three domes of what people have been calling "Babri Masjid".
It is clear that the architectural change took place between 1717 and 1889. "Babri Masjid" propagandists have been calling the structure "Babri Masjid". There is nothing to prove that Babar himself constructed the structure that was pulled down in 1992. Nowhere in Babarnama does Babar claim to have  constructed a mosque. William finch, who visited the site in 1611, found only fort of "Ramachandra","Brahmins" and "temples". He did not find any mosque.
The so called "Babri Masjid" never had  any minaret to perform Azan even in 1992 when it was pulled down. it was always a non functional site of Muslim worship, and functional site of Hindu worship. It was Sawai Jaisingh of Jaipur who purchased the land. Unfortunately in the Babri dispute, the Jaipur royals did not bother to claim ownership of the site.