Karingamannu Kuzhiyil Muhammed (born 1 July 1952) is an Indian archaeologist who served as the Regional Director (North) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

[6] KK Muhammed was born in Koduvally, Kozhikode, Kerala in a middle-class family to Beeran Kutty Haji and Mariyam.

Ibadat Khana was a complex established by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1575 for hosting religious debates and discussions among theologians and professors of different religions.

[citation needed] [11] In the 80s, Muhammed, was a member of a team from the Archaeological Survey of India and Aligarh Muslim University visiting Fatehpur Sikri.

[12] However, his findings were suppressed by Marxist historian Irfan Habib, who he says were very powerful and influential towards the Indian Council of Historical Research and many leading newspapers.

[15][13][17] KK Muhammed further tells that he being the only Muslim involved in the excavations, had to come up by publishing his opinion in The Indian Express newspaper on 15 December 1990 to defend Prof. B.

The book attracted controversy due to his claim that the Marxist historians like Irfan Habib sided with the extremist Muslim groups and derailed attempts to find an amicable solution to the Ayodhya dispute.

According to him, archaeological excavations at Ayodhya clearly indicated the presence of a temple below the mosque, but the historians like Irfan Habib, dismissed these, and even tried to mislead the Allahabad High Court.