Project Mausam
Updated: 17 Oct 2025
Ministry:
Ministry of Culture
Beneficiary:
Miscellaneous
Overview
The project studies the Indian Ocean’s cultural, commercial, and religious interactions through archaeological and historical research. It aims to nominate identified sites for inclusion in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
- Aim: To explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean 'world' – collating archaeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean.
- Objective: To inscribe places and sites identified under Project Mausam as trans-national nomination for inscription in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
- Implementing Agency: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum.
- Tenure: Up to 2023
- It is proposed to prepare two transnational nominations:
- Routes followed by the Cholas in the Southeast Asia region
- Spread of Buddhism through land and sea routes in the South and Southeast Asian region.