Question: Government has nominated 2 sites namely Dholavira and Forts of Deccan Sultanate to be included in the World Heritage Sites List for the year 2020. Dholavira is located in?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Gujarat
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Government of India nominated Dholavira; a Harapan City and Monuments and Forts of Deccan Sultanate to be included in the World Heritage Sites List for the year 2020.
Dholavira:
- Dholavira is an archaeological site that is located in Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat. The site spreads over an area of 100 hectares was first discovered by archaeologist JP Joshi in 1956.
- Dholavira, locally known as Kotada timba (which means large fort), spreads over an area of 100 hectares of semi-arid land at the north-west corner of the island of Khadirbet. Dholavira is 250 km of Bhuj.
- Dholavira is older than Lothal, and is known for its water conservation system which had massive water storage reservoirs.
- It is also home to a variety of water birds and mammals.
Deccan Sultanate Monuments and Forts:
- The Monuments of the Deccan Sultanate is a serial property comprising of four components that constitute the most representative, most authentic and best conserved examples of Deccani Sultanate monuments in India.
- The series demonstrates the exemplary convergence of national and international styles of Islamic architecture and their intersections with the prevalent Hindu architecture of the period southern Indian in present day Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Links:
https://world-news-monitor.com/environment/2020/03/03/goi-nominates-2-sites-to-be-included-in-world-heritage-sites-list/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5887/