Perumal idol among 101 stolen antiquities handed over to ASI

Perumal idol among 101 stolen antiquities handed over to ASI

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: An attempt was made to smuggle out a bronze idol of Lord Vishnu (Perumal) dating to the late medieval period as a courier consignment in July 2021 from Tamil Nadu to Malaysia. It was sculpted using the ‘lost-wax’ casting method, a technique...
ASI digitises 29K estampages for epigraphy museum

ASI digitises 29K estampages for epigraphy museum

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken up a total of 67,461 estampages of Indian epigraphs for digitisation under the Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (BharatSHRI) programme. According to culture minister G Kishan Reddy, 29,260...