Assam’s Charaideo Moidams
January 27 , 2023
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- The Centre has decided to nominate the Charaideo Maidams in Assam for the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- If selected, Assam will have three world heritage sites, the other two being Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park.
- But there is currently no World Heritage Site in the category of cultural heritage in Northeast India.
- The Charaideo Maidams, represents the late medieval mound burial tradition of the Tai Ahom community in Assam.
- Out of 386 Maidams or Moidams explored so far, 90 royal burials at Charaideo are the best preserved.
- As of now, only 30 of those royal burial mounds are under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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