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Posts published in “Day: August 16, 2014

Suffering official neglect: Kashmir’s forgotten forts and temples

By Shazia Mehboob  in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2014 ISLAMABAD:  A number of historical and archaeological sites in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) continue to face neglect in terms of documentations and preservation. The region abounds in centuries-old forts, temples and caves, however, most of these sites present a gloomy picture today after years of neglect. A research group of the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisation (TIAC) has mapped 100 heritage sites in four…