: Gyanvapi case: Carbon dating of ‘shivling’ cannot be conducted, ASI tells High Court #IndiaNEWS The Archaeological Survey of India on Monday told the Allahabad High Court on a prima facie basis,

Gyanvapi case: Carbon dating of ‘shivling’ cannot be conducted, ASI tells High Court #IndiaNEWS
The Archaeological Survey of India on Monday told the Allahabad High Court on a prima facie basis, that carbon dating of the purported “shivling??? found inside the Gyanvapi mosque cannot be conducted as the procedure to determine the age of the object could damage it, reported Live Law.The archaeological agency submitted that carbon dating was not possible as the object was a non-living thing that does not contain fossils.The submission came on a petition by a group of Hindu litigants seeking the formation of an independent body to inspect the object inside the mosque, which they claim is a shivling, an idol to depict the Hindu deity Shiva. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, the caretaker of the mosque, however, claims that the object is a fountainhead in the wazu khana, or ablution tank.On November 4, the Allahabad High Court had issued a notice to the archaeological agency asking it to file an affidavit on whether it is possible to conduct a scientific investigation of the object.The Hindu plaintiffs had first approached a Varanasi court for permission to conduct carbon dating but it had turned down the plea on October 14, saying that any kind of survey within the mosque premises will be a violation of the Supreme Court May order to protect the...Read more

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