A discussion about historical sites located in different countries of the Indian Ocean Region, which exemplify inter-country relations and may qualify for “trans-national nomination” for a UNESCO tag, was held here during a national conference hosted by the ASI, officials said on Saturday.
The two-day conference — ‘Jaladhipurayatra: Exploring Cross-Cultural Linkages along the Indian Ocean Rim Countries’ — was organised on the theme of Project Mausam launched by India’s Ministry of Culture at UNESCO’s 38th World Heritage Committee Meeting held at Doha, Qatar, in 2014.
With the objective of promoting further research and broadening understanding of this subject, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) organised a two-day national conference from October 7-8, a senior official said.
The conference comprised a plenary session followed by six academic sessions, each dealing with a particular aspect of India’s maritime interactions, the ASI said in a statement.1
This was followed by a unique session in which the representatives and ambassadors of the different Indian Ocean Region countries “discussed different aspects of the region’s inter-country ties and trans-national nomination of important sites in the region for the (UNESCO) world heritage status,” the ASI said.
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- 1. “One session exclusively dealt with issues relating to the world heritage properties, with special reference to identification of historical sites and structures located in different countries of the Indian Ocean Region and exemplifying inter-country relations, thus qualifying for trans-national nomination for UNESCO World Heritage certification,” it said.