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On 26th July 2024, Moidams - the Mound-Burial system of the Ahom Dynasty, Charaideo, Assam is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is the 43rd World Heritage Property of India and the 3rd World Heritage Property of Assam and the 1st World Heritage Property in Cultural Category in Northeast India.
On 25th and 26th May 2024, an International Seminar on “Recent Archaeological Pursuits in Burial Traditions of South and South-East Asia” was organized. The seminar had papers related to various typologies of burial traditions, history of the Tai community and genetic studies. Attended by scholars from diverse backgrounds, Shri Y.S. Rawat, Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, Shri Ranjan Sharma, ACS, Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Indigenous and Tribal Faith and Culture Department and Prof. J.N Phukan, Eminent Historian of Assam also graced the occasion.
On 1st March 2024, His Excellency Shri Vishal V. Sharma, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO in Paris, who is also the Chairman of the 46th World Heritage Committee visited the Moidams- the Mound Burial System of the Ahom dynasty at Charaideo, Assam. He was accompanied by other officials of the Govt.of Assam and Archaeological Survey of India.
On 26th February 2024, a National Seminar on "Comprehensive Conservation of Moidams- the Mound Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty" was organized. The seminar had papers related to various aspects of conservation of the Moidams at Charaideo by various eminent historians, archaeologist, engineers and conservationists from different part of the country. The seminar was graced by the presence of Mr. Ranjan Sharma, ACS, Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Indigenous and Tribal Faith and Culture Department and Prof. J.N Phukan, Padmashree Awardee and Eminent Historian of Assam.