Bhojshala Dhar controversyWhat is the dispute that has reverberated for a long time and refuses to die down? Eugen Hultzsch published the Dhar inscription of Arjunavarman in Epigraphia Indica of 1905-06, and claimed that it was sent to him by Lele. However, the dispute began when Captain E. Barnes reported that it was a mosque, "known among the Hindu population as 'Raja Bhoja ka Madrassa', or Raja Bhoja's school." King Bhoja or Raja Bhoja, ruled parts of central India between circa 1000 and 1055. King Bhoja started the construction of a Shiva temple, which would have been double the size of the temples at the Khajuraho Group of Monuments.

Source: dna January 22, 2026 13:05 UTC