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13/09/2020

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21/09/2019

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01/12/2018

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24/11/2018

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23/11/2017

Jaisalmer Fort - The Golden Fort Of India
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10/02/2017

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08/02/2017

04/12/2016

EXAMPLES OF LIVING ROOT BRIDGES

At over 50 meters in length, the longest known example of a living root bridge is near the small Khasi town of Pynursla. It can be accessed from either of the villages of Mawkyrnot or Rangthylliang.

There are several examples of double living root bridges, the most famous being the "Double Decker" root bridge of Nongriat Village, pictured above.

There are three known examples of double bridges with two parallel or nearly parallel spans. Two are in the West Jaintia Hills near the villages of Padu and Nongbareh, and one is in Burma Village, in the East Khasi Hills. There is also a " " (or possibly even "Triple Decker") near the village of Rangthylliang, close to Pynursla.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF LIVING ROOT ARCHITECTURE IN MEGHALAYA

The War Khasis and War Jaintias also make several other kinds of structures out of the aerial roots of rubber trees. These include ladders and platforms. For example, in the village of Kudeng Rim in the West Jaintia Hills, a rubber tree situated next to a football field has been modified so that its branches can serve as " ." Aerial roots of the tree have been interwoven in the spaces between several branches so that platforms have been created from which villagers can watch football games.

04/12/2016

HISTORY OF LIVING TREE BRIDGE

The local Khasi people do not know when or how the tradition of living root bridges started. The earliest written record of Cherrapunji's living root bridges is by , who expressed astonishment about them in the 1844 Journal of the .

17/09/2016

DISCOVERY OF THE BHIMBETKA ROCK SHELTERS
As reported in the citation declaring the a , Bhimbetka was first mentioned in Indian archaeological records in 1888 as a site, based on information gathered from local adivasis. Later V. S. Wakankar, while travelling by train to , saw some rock formations similar to those he had seen in and . He visited the area with a team of archaeologists and discovered several prehistoric rock shelters in 1957.

Since then more than 750 such shelters have been identified, of which 243 are in the group and 178 in the Lakha Juar group. Archaeological studies revealed a continuous sequence of Stone Age cultures (from the late Acheulian to the late Mesolithic), as well as the world’s oldest stone walls and floors.

Barkheda has been identified as the source of the raw materials used in some of the monoliths discovered at Bhimbetka.