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1/ Why must a temple have pillars and gates to be called a temple?
At Lohani Caves, Mandu, an 11th–12th c. Shaiva rock-cut shrine is legally classified as a cave.
Simplicity read as absence.
Openness read as incomplete.
In Indian tradition, it was neither. 🪨
#GemsofASI MNI1549
The Lohani Caves are simple in design, with very little carving and no inscriptions recording the date of their excavation. However, as gleaned from the many scattered ruins in the surrounding area - some of which bear inscriptions - it is understood that the caves were excavated around the 11th-12th century CE.
In terms of layout, the caves consist of a few rock-cut cells primarily meant for residential use. A rock-cut cistern is located in front of the caves, thus making provisions for water storage. The premises were once filled with debris, and when these debris were cleared sculptures were reported.
#GemsofASI #18
State protected monuments without a national map
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State protected monuments without a national map
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India has thousands of monuments protected under State laws. These sites are legally notified, regulated, and restricted, yet they do not appear together in any single national record.
#GemsOfASI #18
State protected monuments without a national map
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India has thousands of monuments protected under State laws. These sites are legally notified, regulated, and restricted, yet they do not appear together in any single national record.
#GemsOfASI #18
#GemsOfASI #17 — INTACH and the illusion of reform
At many protected sites, repairs are delayed for years while reports are prepared and approvals move slowly. Walls weather, water seeps in, and temporary measures become permanent fixtures.
#IndianHistory #IndianArchaeology
1️⃣ Masjid-e-Moth, South Delhi. 1505 CE. Sultan Sikandar Lodi's reign.
One generation before the Mughals arrived. The last mature breath of Lodi architecture, before imperial excess rewrote what a mosque should say about power. 🕌
#GemsofASI MNI385
1/7 ಕರಡಿದುರ್ಗ ಕೋಟೆ. Bear Fort.
2 km SW of Uchangidurga, Davanagere Karnataka. No plaque. No history book. ASI protected?
Just steep granite, collapsed walls, and silence.
This is what heritage neglect looks like. 🏰
#GemsofASI #MNI992
#GemsOfASI #16
Why Europe rewrote its heritage law, and India did not.
https://t.co/RVD7mB6tEP
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Why Europe rewrote its heritage law, and India did not.
Europe faced dead monuments.
India faced living temples.
Both inherited empire.
Only one adapted the law.
🧵 #GemsOfASI #16
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The lesson isn't imitation.
It's intent.
Until India rewrites heritage law—recognising living use as preservation, not pollution—institutional outcomes will diverge further.
Next: #GemsOfASI #17 — ASI, INTACH, and the myth of non-governmental reform.
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Why Europe rewrote its heritage law, and India did not.
Europe faced dead monuments.
India faced living temples.
Both inherited empire.
Only one adapted the law.
🧵 #GemsOfASI #16
Why India still digs like 1901.
ASI vs Europe. Systems, not sentiment. 🧵
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https://t.co/YFWul4abJE
Why India still digs like 1901.
ASI vs Europe. Systems, not sentiment. 🧵
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Why India still digs like 1901.
ASI vs Europe. Systems, not sentiment. 🧵
#GemsOfASI
Khilji placed Ganesh ji upside down in drains at Qutub Minar.
Now reports emerge: ASI built public toilets over Ganesha temple at Jogeshwari Caves exit.
One was an invader.
The other is our conservation authority.
Who's protecting what exactly? 🏛️
#GemsofASI
#GemsOfASI #15
Colonial laws, modern courts
https://t.co/t7lu12jw52
#GemsOfASI #15
Colonial laws, modern courts
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Much of India’s heritage is still governed by laws drafted during the colonial period.
These laws were written for a different society, a different political context, and a different idea of monuments.
They continue to shape decisions today.
#GemsOfASI #15
Colonial laws, modern courts
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Much of India’s heritage is still governed by laws drafted during the colonial period.
These laws were written for a different society, a different political context, and a different idea of monuments.
They continue to shape decisions today.
#GemsOfASI #14
Theft, loss, and inventory failure
https://t.co/FjhUArPMUB
#GemsOfASI #14
Theft, loss, and inventory failure
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When artefacts disappear from protected monuments, the response is usually administrative.
Files are opened, reports are written, and records are updated.
By the time this happens, the loss has already occurred much earlier.
#GemsofASI #13
1/ Community custodianship removed. Decay accelerated
https://t.co/PuDisEfnRd
#GemsofASI #13
1/ Community custodianship removed. Decay accelerated.
For centuries, India's monuments survived not because of departments.
They survived because of communities.
Priests. Caretakers. Villagers. Guilds.
Daily acts of maintenance kept stone alive.
Then we professionalized protection—and removed the protectors.
#GemsOfASI #12
Ritual bans, policing faith, and administrative overreach
https://t.co/tZ1gvwT2Z0
#GemsOfASI #12
Ritual bans, policing faith, and administrative overreach.
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Across India, ritual bans at protected monuments are often justified as “conservation measures”.
Their effects, however, go far beyond conservation.
#GemsOfASI #11
1/ Lving worship, conservation law, and manufactured conflict
https://t.co/A89Qhqz0QY
#GemsOfASI #11
1/ Lving worship, conservation law, and manufactured conflict.
Across India, living worship and heritage protection are repeatedly presented as being in conflict.
This conflict is often treated as inevitable.
It is not.
#GemsOfASI #10
Mughal monuments, Hindu temples, and the illusion of neutrality
https://t.co/1rXLjjolXO
#GemsOfASI #10
Mughal monuments, Hindu temples, and the illusion of neutrality.
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ASI often presents itself as neutral.
On the ground, outcomes tell a more complicated story.
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