MAHSA Project
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University of Cambridge: Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia Project
Documenting the endangered archaeology and heritage of South Asia and publishing this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database.
https://linktr.ee/mahsaproject
Documenting the endangered archaeology and heritage of South Asia and publishing this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database.
https://linktr.ee/mahsaproject
Big news! 📢 MAHSA team members have just published their research on South Asian social media and heritage in the collection, Reporting Heritage Destruction.
doi.org/10.32028/978...
doi.org/10.32028/978...
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Big news! 📢 MAHSA team members have just published their research on South Asian social media and heritage in the collection, Reporting Heritage Destruction.
doi.org/10.32028/978...
doi.org/10.32028/978...
Register for the CAA-UK Conference 2025! 📢
Join us in December for conversations in Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology.
Find out more and register to attend here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
Join us in December for conversations in Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology.
Find out more and register to attend here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Register for the CAA-UK Conference 2025! 📢
Join us in December for conversations in Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology.
Find out more and register to attend here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
Join us in December for conversations in Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology.
Find out more and register to attend here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-202...
This week’s #MappingMonday takes us to the era before the Survey of India, when cartography was a confluence of reality and fantasy. This colourful map of the Mughal Empire was published c.1740 by renowned German cartographer Matthäus Seutter. (1/4)
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This week’s #MappingMonday takes us to the era before the Survey of India, when cartography was a confluence of reality and fantasy. This colourful map of the Mughal Empire was published c.1740 by renowned German cartographer Matthäus Seutter. (1/4)
Did the Indus Civilisation use caravanserai-like settlements to support its network of exchange and interaction across long distances? The excavators of the site of Kotada Bhadli, Gujarat, India, suggest so. Caravanserais are sites that facilitate trade and transportation over long distances. (1/5)
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Did the Indus Civilisation use caravanserai-like settlements to support its network of exchange and interaction across long distances? The excavators of the site of Kotada Bhadli, Gujarat, India, suggest so. Caravanserais are sites that facilitate trade and transportation over long distances. (1/5)
Today’s belated #MappingMonday takes us to the village of Narayan Sarovar in Gujarat, India. Fortifications like those found in this village stand out on the historic maps as locations of cultural and strategic significance. They are handy sites for cross-referencing with modern satellite imagery.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today’s belated #MappingMonday takes us to the village of Narayan Sarovar in Gujarat, India. Fortifications like those found in this village stand out on the historic maps as locations of cultural and strategic significance. They are handy sites for cross-referencing with modern satellite imagery.
A very Happy Diwali from the MAHSA Team! Wishing you prosperity, happiness, health - and georeferenced historic maps 🤩
#diwali #southasia #heritage #India #Pakistan #history #festivaloflights
#diwali #southasia #heritage #India #Pakistan #history #festivaloflights
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A very Happy Diwali from the MAHSA Team! Wishing you prosperity, happiness, health - and georeferenced historic maps 🤩
#diwali #southasia #heritage #India #Pakistan #history #festivaloflights
#diwali #southasia #heritage #India #Pakistan #history #festivaloflights
With Diwali around the corner, today’s #HeritageHighlights shines a light on the earthenware lamps of the Indus Valley. Lamps contribute to the vast corpus of terracotta artefacts excavated across the Indus Valley, creating (cautious) connections with modern day material culture. (1/5)
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
With Diwali around the corner, today’s #HeritageHighlights shines a light on the earthenware lamps of the Indus Valley. Lamps contribute to the vast corpus of terracotta artefacts excavated across the Indus Valley, creating (cautious) connections with modern day material culture. (1/5)
Last week representatives of the MAHSA team were privileged to attend the National Consultation Workshop on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Islamabad. (1/3)
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last week representatives of the MAHSA team were privileged to attend the National Consultation Workshop on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Islamabad. (1/3)
For #HeritageHighlights we’re looking at the culture-clash cash of Indo-Greek coins. It’s 185 BCE and you find yourself invading Punjab. How do you let your new subjects know who’s boss? If your first thought is to stick an elephant on your head, you’d get on well with Demetrius I of Bactria. (1/6)
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
For #HeritageHighlights we’re looking at the culture-clash cash of Indo-Greek coins. It’s 185 BCE and you find yourself invading Punjab. How do you let your new subjects know who’s boss? If your first thought is to stick an elephant on your head, you’d get on well with Demetrius I of Bactria. (1/6)
It’s #MappingMonday, and this week we’re putting the Survey of India’s logo under the magnifying glass 🔍 Established in the 18th century and continuing to survey today, the Survey of India’s transition from colonial cartography to national mapping can be gleaned from its iconography. (1/4)
October 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s #MappingMonday, and this week we’re putting the Survey of India’s logo under the magnifying glass 🔍 Established in the 18th century and continuing to survey today, the Survey of India’s transition from colonial cartography to national mapping can be gleaned from its iconography. (1/4)
For today's #HeritageHighlight, we’re hedging our bets on the theme of salt. Introducing the Great Salt Hedge of India! Disappointingly, the salt hedge was not actually made of salt, but that doesn’t mean it was just a hedge. (1/6)
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
For today's #HeritageHighlight, we’re hedging our bets on the theme of salt. Introducing the Great Salt Hedge of India! Disappointingly, the salt hedge was not actually made of salt, but that doesn’t mean it was just a hedge. (1/6)
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Are you interested in remote sensing and geospatial analyses in the context of African heritage and its future monitoring? If so, MAEASaM project has a new position!
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Are you interested in remote sensing and geospatial analyses in the context of African heritage and its future monitoring? If so, MAEASaM project has a new position!
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
In today’s #MappingMonday we are fort-unate to share how historic maps can bring lost landscapes back into perspective. Here we have a selection of forts in the Ludhiana region of Punjab, India – each demonstrating a different level of preservation on the satellite imagery. (1/4)
September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In today’s #MappingMonday we are fort-unate to share how historic maps can bring lost landscapes back into perspective. Here we have a selection of forts in the Ludhiana region of Punjab, India – each demonstrating a different level of preservation on the satellite imagery. (1/4)
Feeling salty? You certainly will be after a trip to the Khewra Salt Mine in today’s #HeritageHighlights. Found in the creatively named Salt Range in northern Punjab, the mine is famed for its vast reserves of pink Himalayan rock salt. (1/4)
September 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Feeling salty? You certainly will be after a trip to the Khewra Salt Mine in today’s #HeritageHighlights. Found in the creatively named Salt Range in northern Punjab, the mine is famed for its vast reserves of pink Himalayan rock salt. (1/4)
For this week’s #MappingMonday we are taking you to… jail! 🚓
Welcome to New Central Jail Multan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. Built in 1930, the jail was brand new when it was recorded in the historical map by the Survey of India. (1/5)
Welcome to New Central Jail Multan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. Built in 1930, the jail was brand new when it was recorded in the historical map by the Survey of India. (1/5)
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For this week’s #MappingMonday we are taking you to… jail! 🚓
Welcome to New Central Jail Multan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. Built in 1930, the jail was brand new when it was recorded in the historical map by the Survey of India. (1/5)
Welcome to New Central Jail Multan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. Built in 1930, the jail was brand new when it was recorded in the historical map by the Survey of India. (1/5)
Today’s #HeritageHighlights takes us to the storied Rampur Raza Library in Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1774, the library flourished under the patronage of the scholarly Nawabs of Rampur who grew the collection with books, rare manuscripts, artwork, and calligraphy. (1/3)
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today’s #HeritageHighlights takes us to the storied Rampur Raza Library in Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1774, the library flourished under the patronage of the scholarly Nawabs of Rampur who grew the collection with books, rare manuscripts, artwork, and calligraphy. (1/3)
CAA-UK 25: Call for papers & posters extended to the 29th September 2025!
We invite you to submit a paper or poster related to quantitative methods and computer applications in archaeology and heritage.
Full details can be found here:
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
We invite you to submit a paper or poster related to quantitative methods and computer applications in archaeology and heritage.
Full details can be found here:
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CAA-UK 25: Call for papers & posters extended to the 29th September 2025!
We invite you to submit a paper or poster related to quantitative methods and computer applications in archaeology and heritage.
Full details can be found here:
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
We invite you to submit a paper or poster related to quantitative methods and computer applications in archaeology and heritage.
Full details can be found here:
uk.caa-international.org/caa-uk-2025/
For today's #MappingMonday,we are looking at the site of Vadi Medi Punvareshwar Mahadeva in Katchh,Gujarat,India. We can see that its visible both in our historical map and more recent satellite imagery. Its a great example of how our team uses multiple remote snesing methods to validate sites!
September 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
For today's #MappingMonday,we are looking at the site of Vadi Medi Punvareshwar Mahadeva in Katchh,Gujarat,India. We can see that its visible both in our historical map and more recent satellite imagery. Its a great example of how our team uses multiple remote snesing methods to validate sites!
More petroglyphs! Feast your eyes on the array of beautiful and transfixing images sketched into the gorges which span the meandering Indus Valley. The Diamer Basha Dam area of Northern Pakistan is home to an array of petroglyphs from the Epipalaeolithic to the Buddhist period
September 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
More petroglyphs! Feast your eyes on the array of beautiful and transfixing images sketched into the gorges which span the meandering Indus Valley. The Diamer Basha Dam area of Northern Pakistan is home to an array of petroglyphs from the Epipalaeolithic to the Buddhist period
For today’s #MappingMonday, we explore Rampur Fort in Uttar Pradesh, founded in the late 18th century by Nawab Faizullah Khan. Strategically built along the Kosi River, the fort served as the political and administrative nucleus of the princely state of Rampur after the decline of Rohilla power.
September 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For today’s #MappingMonday, we explore Rampur Fort in Uttar Pradesh, founded in the late 18th century by Nawab Faizullah Khan. Strategically built along the Kosi River, the fort served as the political and administrative nucleus of the princely state of Rampur after the decline of Rohilla power.
Continuing on our theme of petroglyphs, for this week’s #HeritageHighlights we’re turning to the Petroglyphs of Ladakh. The region of Ladakh is a varied cultural area with influences extended from the plains and deserts of Sinkiang, Western Tibet and the towering Himalayas to the south.
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Continuing on our theme of petroglyphs, for this week’s #HeritageHighlights we’re turning to the Petroglyphs of Ladakh. The region of Ladakh is a varied cultural area with influences extended from the plains and deserts of Sinkiang, Western Tibet and the towering Himalayas to the south.
This unusually shaped feature on our historic maps is the mound of Lurewala, or Lurewala Theh. It was first noted by the silk roads archaeologist, Aurel Stein, and then later visited by Dr Mughal and his team...and then later by the MAHSA team with students and staff from IUB university.
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This unusually shaped feature on our historic maps is the mound of Lurewala, or Lurewala Theh. It was first noted by the silk roads archaeologist, Aurel Stein, and then later visited by Dr Mughal and his team...and then later by the MAHSA team with students and staff from IUB university.
Yesterday, MAEASaM and MAHSA had the pleasure of welcoming an amazing group of #SuttonTrustSummerSchool students to explore our work in digital archaeology. They got hands-on experience with maps, Google Earth Pro, and QGIS, discovering how technology helps us study and preserve cultural heritage.
August 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yesterday, MAEASaM and MAHSA had the pleasure of welcoming an amazing group of #SuttonTrustSummerSchool students to explore our work in digital archaeology. They got hands-on experience with maps, Google Earth Pro, and QGIS, discovering how technology helps us study and preserve cultural heritage.
For today’s #MapsMonday post, we look at South Asian Heritage Month, celebrated annually from 18 July to 17 August in the UK. It honours the histories, cultures, and contributions of people with heritage across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For today’s #MapsMonday post, we look at South Asian Heritage Month, celebrated annually from 18 July to 17 August in the UK. It honours the histories, cultures, and contributions of people with heritage across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
For this week’s Heritage Highlights we’re looking at the petroglyphs of Ratnagiri found along the Konkan coast of India. This phenomenon is a form of prehistoric rock art which occurs along the rich laterite plateaus which span this coastline.
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For this week’s Heritage Highlights we’re looking at the petroglyphs of Ratnagiri found along the Konkan coast of India. This phenomenon is a form of prehistoric rock art which occurs along the rich laterite plateaus which span this coastline.