i pray what u say comes true!! i dont care how they show it, MJ just has to be alive!!I have a feeling that when Kala had got distracted by Tara fighting with the other eunuchs, MJ made his escape and hung another prisoner in his place. So when Kala returned it was this prisoner who got killed. A strangled face may be horrid to see. Hence, Tara may not have actually seen the face properly and thought that it was MJ. They left her with the body for a while. I think MJ could have resurfaced during this time and revealed himself to her and together they would have planned to let people believe that he was dead.
I may be clutching at straws but the scene of Kala leaving MJ hanging on the noose to tackle Tara seemed to be done for a purpose.