Kolkata, November 26, 2015
Updated: November 26, 2015 00:14 IST
Braille booklets showcase monuments of north-east
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Rock carving dating back to the 12th Century A.D. at Unakoti in
Tripura. File photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Rock carving dating back to the 12th Century A.D. at Unakoti in
Tripura. File photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The Karenghar (Talatal Ghar), a multistoried palace built by Ahom King
Kajeswar Singha, at Sivasagar in Assam. File photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
The Karenghar (Talatal Ghar), a multistoried palace built by Ahom
King Kajeswar Singha, at Sivasagar in Assam. File photo: Ashoke
Chakrabarty
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has for the first time
published guidebooks and brochures on the monuments of north-east
India in Braille.
The four publications, which are in Braille, include a guidebook on
the monuments of Sivasagar in Assam and brochures on monuments of
Sonitpur district and four maidams (tombs) of the Ahom Kings at
Charaideo in the same State.
Eight monuments of Tripura, including the Bhubhaneshwari Temple, and
the rock carvings of Unakoti are featured in the fourth brochure.
“This is our first attempt to bring out Braille publications in north
east India. The book on monuments of Sivasagar is also is also the
first-ever guidebook to be published by ASI in Braille,” Milan Kumar
Chauley, superintending archaeologist of Guwahati Circle, told The
Hindu on Wednesday.
Of the 80 archaeological monuments in north-east India, the
publication covers 30 prominent archaeological sites. Of them, 18 are
at Sivasagar, eight in Tripura and four in Sonitpur.
The guidebook and the booklets were released as the part of World
Heritage Week celebrations of the ASI’s Guwahati Circle by Governor of
Assam P. B. Acharya at Raj Bhavan.
The publications are part of efforts to make the archaeological sites
accessible and barrier-free for physically and visually challenged
persons. Ramps and pathways for the physically and visually challenged
are also being worked on, ASI officials said.
Distributed free
Mr. Chauley said that the booklets were printed at the government
press in Guwahati and those interested can collect them free of cost
at the monuments or the headquarters of ASI’s Guwahati Circle.
The monuments in the booklets are of the medieval and late medieval
periods. The four maidams (tombs) of the Ahom Kings at Charaideo was
enlisted in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites in April 2014.
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