Ahmedabad, March 24 :    Ahmedabad, March 24:  The miles that separate Afghanistan and Ahmedabad did not prevent a rerun of Bamiyan during the Gujarat riots. The tomb of Vali Gujarati, the 17th century Urdu poet widely regarded as the pioneer of ghazals, was among the cultural and historical milestones demolished by the rioters, much like the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban. 'Vali Gujarati was part of Ahmedabad culture. The destruction of his tomb is a barbaric cultural assault which we writers have condemned and demand that the tomb is rebuilt,' said noted Gujarati writer Manishi Jani. Former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral, too, expressed shock at the demolition of Vali Gujarati's tomb and called for its restoration during his visit to the city about a fortnight ago. Urdu poet Jayant Parmar, who criticised the 'shocking' destruction, feels that the government should build a memorial in place of the tomb. Vali's works were translated into French in 1833, the first ever Indian work to have been translated abroad. The marble tomb with a marble canopy had survived a series of riots since 1969. In a swift operation, the Congress-ruled Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation removed the rubble, leaving no traces of the tomb. Mayor Himatsinh Patel, however, denied AMC bulldozers, cranes and rollers were used in the demolition. 'It was a mob act, we do know where they got equipment to pull down the structures,' said Patel. Several mosques and tombs, including two historical monuments, were damaged during the carnage. The Muhafiz Khan Masjid in Gheekanta and the small stone mosque in Isanpur area, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), have been damaged. Superintending archaeologist R. Gahlot said while the Muhafiz Khan Masjid was 'reparable', the Isanpur mosque that was repaired just seven years ago was beyond restoration. Built in the 15th century during the rule of Mohammad Begda, this three-domed mosque was also known as Gumte Masjid. Independent legislator Usman Devdiwala said as many as 125 mosques and dargahs, including 43 in the city, had been razed to the ground. In many places, including Vali's tomb, flags and idols were installed by the 'demolition squad', which were removed only after the state government came under fire. Vali's tomb was renamed 'Godharia Hanuman temple'. Following the vandalism, the ASI has written to collector K. Sreenivas and police commissioner P.C. Pande and submitted a list of protected monuments in the city. The Ahmedabad Sunni Muslim Wakf Committee has also submitted a list of 53 monuments to the National Human Rights Commission, many of them defaced, two of them already knocked down by the mob. Not all of these monuments are listed with the ASI or the state archaeological department.