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  1. 1. ↑. _Archaeological Survey of India_. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.

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  2. 2. 1"Why Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that Bhojshala was a temple". _The Indian Express_. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026. the court said that historical literature and architectural references established that the disputed complex was associated with Raja Bhoj of the Parmar dynasty and functioned as a centre of Sanskrit learning.

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  3. 3. 1"Bhojshala IS temple, not mosque: The undeniable Saraswati proof behind HC judgment". _India Today_. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026. The court said the site was established as a centre of Sanskrit learning during the reign of Raja Bhoj of the Parmara dynasty (around 1010 CE to 1055 CE)... Complex originally functioned as a Saraswati temple established during the reign of Raja Bhoja.

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  4. 4. 1"Inside British Museum Housing Bhojshala's Saraswati Idol". _NDTV_. 15 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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  5. 5. 1Chhabra, Aarish (17 May 2026). "Goddess Vagdevi, Ambika, Saraswati: Where's the idol at nub of the 'Bhojshala is a temple' verdict by Madhya Pradesh HC?". _Hindustan Times_. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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  6. 6. ↑Jain, Meenakshi (15 March 2024). _Padma Shri Meenakshi Jain Explains Why Bhojshala Was Always A Saraswati Temple_. New Delhi: NDTV. Retrieved 19 May 2026.

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  7. 7. 1"Bhojshala: From a temple of knowledge to a theatre of conflict, in focus ahead of Vasant Panchami". _NDTV_. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

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  8. 8. 1"Bhojshala actually a temple of Goddess Saraswati, it can't be a mosque: Hindu side to HC". _The Economic Times_. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

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  9. 9. 1"Bhojshala Temple: Devotees Flock to Dhar After High Court Verdict, Peace Maintained". _Deccan Herald_. Retrieved 16 May 2026.

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  10. 10. ↑A detailed account given in Alok Tripathi et al, _Report on Scientific Investigations, Survey and Excavations at Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque Complex, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh)_, 10 volumes (Archaeological Survey of India, 2024).

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  11. 11. 1Willis, Michael (2012). "Dhār, Bhoja and Sarasvatī: from Indology to Political Mythology and Back". _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society_. **22** (1). Cambridge University Press: 129–153. doi:10.1017/s1356186312000041. S2CID154892248.

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  12. 12. 1Jain, Meenakshi (2025). _RAJA BHOJA PARAMARA: Remembering the Scholar King_. Vol.1 (First ed.). India. p.172. ISBN978-81-7305-731-1.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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  13. 13. ↑

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  14. 14. 1M. Willis. “Dhār, Bhoja and Sarasvatī: From Indology to Political Mythology and Back.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 22, no. 1 (2012): 129–53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1154197.

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  15. 15. 1"Bhojshala was Saraswati temple but both sides should abide by HC decision: Archaeologist KK Muhammed". _The Economic Times_. 25 March 2024. ISSN0013-0389. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

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  16. 16. ↑M. Willis. “Dhār, Bhoja and Sarasvatī: From Indology to Political Mythology and Back.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 22, no. 1 (2012): 129–53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1154197. C. E. Luard and K. K. Lele, The Paramāras of Dhār and Mālwā (Bombay: British India Press, 1908), also sets out Lele's thinking regarding the building.

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  17. 17. 1Hultzsch, Eugen (1906). "Dhar Prasasti of Arjunavarman: Parijatamanjari-Natika by Mandana". _Epigraphia Indica_. **8**: 96–122.

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  18. 18. ↑Dikshit, S. K. (11 March 1963). _Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.375588.

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  19. 19. ↑Barnes, Captain Ernest (1904). "Art. XI. - Dhar and Mandu". _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch_. **21**: 350.

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  20. 20. ↑C. E. Luard, Western States (Mālwā) Gazetteer, Volume V.- Part A, Text, (Bombay: Printed at the British India Press, Byculla, 1908), p. 498. URL: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206907/page/n583/mode/. Luard calls the term was a "misnomer," but does not explain what he means by this.

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  21. 21. ↑Dhar State; Baspat, B. S.; Nadkar, K. (24 August 1935). "पार्ट १ एलान नं ९७३ भोजशाला मसजिद कमालमवलाना" (in Hindi). Dhār Darbār धार दरबार: Dhar State. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10827582.

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  22. 22. ↑William Kincaid, “Rambles among Ruins in Central India,” The Indian Antiquary 17 (1888): 348-52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5233055.

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  23. 23. 1Malcolm, John (1823). _A Memoir of Central India including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces_. Vol.1 (First published in Calcutta in 1821 then revised and expanded in two volumes for publication in London in 1823 ed.). London. pp.28, note.

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  24. 24. 1Alok Tripathi et al, Report on Scientific Investigations, Survey and Excavations at Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque Complex, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), 10 vols. (Archaeological Survey of India, 2024).

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  25. 25. ↑Bhayani,, Harivallabh Chunilal (1994). _Rāula-vela of Roḍa: a rare poem of c. twelfth century in early Indo-Aryan_. Ahmedabad: Parshva Prakashan.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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  26. 26. ↑Visaria, Anish. "Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature". _Jaine Library_. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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  27. 27. ↑S. K. Dishit, _Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī_ (Bhopal, 1963). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.375588.

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  28. 28. ↑Luard gives the first published suggestion that the inscription indicates the Kamāl Maula stands on the site of the Sarasvatī temple: C. E. Luard, Western States (Mālwā) Gazetteer, Volume V.- Part A, Text, (Bombay: Printed at the British India Press, Byculla, 1908), p. 498. URL: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206907/page/n583/mode, an idea developed in S. K. Dishit, _Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī_ (Bhopal, 1963). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.375588.

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  29. 29. ↑Birwé, R. (1964). "Nārāyaṇa Daṇḍanātha's Commentary on Rules III:2 (106-121) of Bhoja's Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa". _Journal of the American Oriental Society_. **84**: 150–62. doi:10.2307/597101. JSTOR597101.

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  30. 30. ↑Siddhartha, Sundari, ed. (2009). _Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇam of King Bhoja_. Vol.1–3. Translated by Sundari Siddhartha. Delhi. ISBN978-81-208-3284-8.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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  31. 31. ↑Saarthak Singh, “Serpentine Scimitars and Sarasvati’s Speech: The Materials of Knowledge in Medieval Malwa, c.1100–1400,” _Arts Asiatiques_ 79 (2025): 5-30.

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  32. 32. ↑C. B. Lele, _Parmar Inscriptions in Dhar State, 875-1310 AD_, Dhar State, Historical record series, v. 1 (Dhar: Department of History and Museum, 1944).

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  33. 33. ↑N. P. Chakrabarti, “Section III—Epigraphy,” _Archaeological Survey of India Report 1934-35_ (Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1937), 55-67 (60) wherein Chakrabarti reports the fragments were found "in the debris some years ago and are now preserved in the Bhojśālā."

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  34. 34. ↑नायाब शहर काजी. (2004). Letter to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh regarding the Kamāl Maula Masjid (cum Bhojshala) in Dhār, Madhya Pradesh. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21063353; Nav Bhārat. (2004). पुरातत्व विभाग भोजशाला का स्वरूप बदल रहा है. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20994237.

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  35. 35. ↑Alok Tripathi et al, Report on Scientific Investigations, Survey and Excavations at Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque Complex, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), 10 vols. (Archaeological Survey of India, 2024): 9, 72.

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  36. 36. ↑Raghavan, Venkatarama (1940). _Bhoja's Śṛṅgaraprakāśa'_ (3rd rev.ed.). Madras.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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  37. 37. ↑Sheldon Pollock, “Bhoja’s Śṛṅgāraprakāśa and the Problem of Rasa: A Historical Introduction and Translation.” Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques 52, no. 1 (1998): 117–92.

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  38. 38. ↑Kirit Mankodi, "Scholar-emperor and a Funerary Temple Eleventh Century Bhojpur," _MARG_ 39, no. 2 (1986): 61-72. Saurabh Saxena, "Bhojpur – The Legend of Bhoj Continues…" Puratattva (November 9, 2022) may also be consulted.

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  39. 39. ↑H. V. Trivedi, _Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas and Two Minor Dynasties_, 2 parts. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, v. 7, pt. 2. (New Delhi: Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1978).

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  40. 40. ↑Adam Hardy, _Theory and Practice of Temple Architecture in Medieval India: Bhoja's Samarānganasūtradhara and the Bhojpur Line Drawings_ (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts, 2015).ISBN9789381406410

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  41. 41. 1Tawney, C. H. (1901). _The Prabandhacintāmaṇi or Wishing-stone of Narratives_. Calcutta.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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  42. 42. ↑Gray, Louis H. (1950). _The Narrative of Bhoja (Bhojaprabandha)_. American Oriental Series. Vol.34. New Haven.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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  43. 43. 1Lele, C. B. (1944). Parmar Inscriptions in Dhar State, 875-1310 AD. Dhar State. Historical record series. Vol. 1. Dhar: Department of History and Museum. p. iii.

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  44. 44. ↑Gangoly, O. C.; Dikshi, K. N. (January 1924). "An Image of Saraswati in the British Museum". _Rūpam_. **17**: 1–2.

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  45. 45. ↑Lele, C. B. (1944). _Parmar Inscriptions in Dhar State, 875-1310 AD. Dhar State_. Historical record series. Vol.1. Dhar: Department of History and Museum. p.iii.

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  46. 46. ↑Willis, Michael (17 January 2018). "Dhār, Bhoja and Sarasvatī: From Indology to Political Mythology and Back". _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1154197.

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  47. 47. ↑Mankodi, Kirit (1980–81). "A Paramāra Sculpture in the British Museum: Vāgdevī or Yakshī Ambikā?". _Sambodhi_. **9**: 96–103.

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  48. 48. ↑Willis, Michael (2011). "New Discoveries from Old Finds: A Jain Sculpture in the British Museum". _CoJS Newsletter_. **6**: 34–36. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2544721.

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  49. 49. ↑Levillain, Johan (2021). "Donner corps à l'Inde médiévale. Les formes féminines dans la sculpture paramāra au XIe siècle". _Bulletin de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient_ (in French). **107**: 88–135. doi:10.3406/befeo.2021.6371.

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  50. 50. ↑ Fresh edition in M. Willis, “Dhār, Bhoja, and Sarasvatī: An Old Problem Revisited,” _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society_ (2026): 1–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186326101709.

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  51. 51. ↑Tiwari, M. N. P. (1989). _Ambikā in Jaina Art and Literature_. New Delhi: Bharatiya Jnanpith.

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  52. 52. ↑Anon (2 February 2020). "Sehore सीहोर (Madhya Pradesh). Ambikā". _Zenodo_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3633937. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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  53. 53. ↑Farquhar, J. N. (1958). _An Of The Religious Literature Of India_.

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  54. 54. ↑Gadre, A. S. (9 December 1943). _Important inscriptions from the Baroda state_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3568096.

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  55. 55. ↑Willis, Michael (15 July 2014). _The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods_. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1400173.

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  56. 56. 1Mishra, Ishita (11 March 2024). "Madhya Pradesh HC orders ASI survey of Bhojshala complex". _The Hindu_. ISSN0971-751X. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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  57. 57. ↑Mekaad, Salil (15 May 2026). "Bhojshala complex is temple of Goddess Vagdevi, Hindus have right to worship: Madhya Pradesh high court". _The Times of India_. Retrieved 15 May 2026.

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  58. 58. ↑"Supreme Court records M.P. government's assurance of peaceful worship at disputed site". _The Hindu_. 22 January 2026. ISSN0971-751X. Retrieved 15 May 2026.

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