MARATHA
MILITARY LANDSCAPES - ART & CULTURE
News:
India nominates ‘Maratha
Military Landscape’ for UNESCO tag
What's
in the news?
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The “Maratha Military Landscapes of India”
will be India’s nomination for
recognition as UNESCO World Heritage List for the year 2024-25.
Maratha
Military Landscapes of India:
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The Maratha Military Landscapes of India,
which developed between the 17th and 19th centuries, represent an extraordinary fortification and military
system envisioned by the Maratha rulers.
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This extraordinary network of forts,
varying in hierarchies, scales and typological features, is a result of
integrating the landscape, terrain and physiographic characteristics
distinctive to the Sahyadri mountain ranges, the Konkan Coast, Deccan Plateau
and the Eastern Ghats in the Indian Peninsula.
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The twelve
component parts of this nomination are, Salher fort, Shivneri fort, Lohgad,
Khanderi fort, Raigad, Rajgad, Pratapgad, Suvarnadurg, Panhala Fort, Vijay
durg, Sindhudurg in Maharashtra and Gingee Fort in Tamil Nadu.
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Among these, Salher fort, Shivneri fort,
Lohgad, Raigad, Rajgad and Gingee fort are hill
forts, Pratapgad is hill-forest
fort, Panhala is hill-plateau fort,
Vijaydurg is coastal fort whereas
Khanderi fort, Suvarnadurg and Sindhudurg are island forts.
Period:
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The inception of the Maratha Military
ideology dates back to the 17th Century
during the reign of the Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by 1670 CE and
continued through subsequent rules until Peshwa rule till 1818 CE.
UNESCO
World Heritage List of India:
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At present in India there are 42 World Heritage sites, out of which
34 are cultural sites, seven are natural sites whereas one is mixed site.
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In Maharashtra
there are six World Heritage Sites,
five cultural and one natural these are, Ajanta Caves (1983), Ellora Caves
(1983), Elephanta Caves (1987), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly
Victoria Terminus) (2004), Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
(2018) and western Ghats of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala is
serial property in natural category (2012).