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Cultural Routes
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Parshati Dutta: As a long term member and current coordinator of the NSC (National Scientific Committee) on Cultural Routes (CIIC) for ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) India, tell us about the significance of Cultural Routes.
Ridhima Bajaj: The histories and cities that…
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Parshati Dutta: What are some significant cultural routes in India that you are familiar with? And where does the Mughal Road of Kashmir feature in your list of routes?
William Dalrymple: It is in a sense historians who make roads famous. The Silk Road was invented really by the German…
in Interview
Background
Today, Sarai Chingus is synonymous with the cultural heritage of the Mughal Imperial Road and among the monuments most frequented by visitors on this route. Of the many factors that attribute to the popularity of this sarai (a roadside inn for travellers to rest at, at the end of a…
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Contextualizing the cultural route
Sitting in 2018, at a time when Kashmir is most often a prefix to the word ‘problem’, synonymous with conflict, and described as the ‘flashpoint of violence’ in the South Asian landscape, it is not easy to comprehend the circumstances of Mahatma Gandhi’s words…
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Background
The Mughal era left in its wake not only a legacy of military prowess, administrative dexterity, social-cultural plurality, and economic escalation, but also the lasting idea of India as an empire. While the network of routes necessitated by conquests, administrative surveillance,…
in Overview
Upon the annexation of Kashmir by Emperor Akbar in 1586 CE, efforts were made by the Mughal Empire to strengthen communication and better integrate the Valley with the rest of their Indian sub-continental empire. During the Mughal reign, of the three routes that connected Kashmir to the plains—the…
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