Pak uses cement to conserve Vedic-era Taxila, gets Unesco delisting warning
- The UN's cultural arm, Unesco, has warned Pakistan over its "conservation work" in the Vedic-era archeological complex of Taxila.
- Unesco said that Pakistan's use of cement in the "conservation" of the ancient sites is a violation of restoration norms and could result in the site being delisted from its list of World Heritage Sites.
- The Dharmarajika Stupa or the Great Stupa of Taxila, was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE.
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- The UN's cultural arm, Unesco, has warned Pakistan over its "conservation work" in the Vedic-era archeological complex of Taxila.
- Unesco said that Pakistan's use of cement in the "conservation" of the ancient sites is a violation of restoration norms and could result in the site being delisted from its list of World Heritage Sites.
- The Dharmarajika Stupa or the Great Stupa of Taxila, was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE.
Sources: Indiatoday