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Asia, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage

A crawl through the depths of the National Museum, Delhi

February 18, 2018February 15, 2018

National Museum, Delhi is the chief Museum of India. It houses a magnificent collection of artifacts, sculptures, paintings, coins, jewelry, manuscripts, anthropological objects, textiles, arms …

Asia, Built Heritage, Heritage News

A stroll through Bale Matua in the Angeles City Historic District

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

Bale Matua (translated to “Founder?s Residence”) is the almost two-century old ancestral home of Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda, founder of Angeles City, and his …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Cultural Routes

The Grand Trunk Road

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018

The Grand Trunk road passes through heart of India, presently connecting the capitals of four countries. It spans over three thousand kilometres; it is possibly …

The grand entrance to the Pathuriaghata Ghosh mansion Photo Courtesy : Supriyo Dutta

Asia, Blog, Built Heritage, Capturing Culture, Conservation, Heritage, Travel

The grand courtyard houses of Kolkata : A story of opulence and decay

February 12, 2018January 26, 2019

Kolkata, or Calcutta as it was previously known, is famous for its magnificent buildings that reminisce the colonial era. Much of the city came into …

Asia, Built Heritage, Europe, Public Spaces

A comparative study of Roman and Mughal Gardens

February 10, 2018June 4, 2018

Garden design as a discipline and as a practice, it has gone through various stages. This idea and discussion of gardens cannot go forward without …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Cultural Routes, GIP Jan - June 2018

Panam City, the first capital of Bengal

February 8, 2018February 4, 2018

Panam city is located in Sonargaon, which is the ancient capital of Bengal.?In 2006, the World Monument Fund enlisted this city in the list of …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Cultural Routes, GIP Jan - June 2018

Inside the lanes of the Shakhari Bazaar in Dhaka

January 31, 2018February 1, 2018

Hindu Street, also known as ?Shakhari Bazaar? in Bangla, is the oldest street in Dhaka city. It was constructed at the time of the Mughal …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Cultural Routes, GIP Jan - June 2018

Dhaka: The National Assembly Building

January 23, 2018January 31, 2018

The city of Dhaka lies along the east bank of the Buri-ganga River in the heart of the Bengal delta. The music and dance styles …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Cultural Routes, GIP Jan - June 2018

Food and cultural influence in India

January 18, 2018January 31, 2018

India has a rich history of culturally diverse heritage and a colourful mosaic of traditions, languages, religious beliefs and cuisines. Delhi, or New Delhi, a …