The document discusses the concept of heritage, defining it as the range of traditions, objects, and contemporary activities linked to our cultural identity. It elaborates on various aspects of heritage in India, including art, ancient dance forms, music, and significant architectural sites such as the Taj Mahal and Kaziranga National Park. Additionally, it highlights India's ancient cultures, particularly the Indus Valley Civilization, and its contributions to civilization with remarkable achievements in urban planning and engineering.

1. G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
VALLABH VIDYANAGAR
A CONSTITUENT COLLEGE CVM UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2020-21, SEMESTER -1I
102001215 – PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
BY:-
HARSHIL S. GANDHI
Guided by:-
Dr. Amita Patel
Prof., Applied Science &
Humanities
INDIAN HERITAGE
BRANCH :- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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2. WHAT IS HERITAGE?
• Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments,
objects, and culture. Most important, it is the range of contemporary
activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them.
• Heritage includes, but is much more than preserving, excavating,
displaying, or restoring a collection of old things. It is both tangible and
intangible, in the sense that ideas and memories--of songs, recipes,
language, dances, and many other elements of who we are and how
we identify ourselves--are as important as historical buildings and
archaeological sites.
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3. TYPES OF HERITAGE
• Art conservation.
• Archaeological conservation.
• Architectural conservation.
• Ancient cultures
• Heritage areas & Landscapes
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4. ART HERITAGES IN INDIA
• India has one of the world’s largest collections of songs, music, dance, theatre,
folk traditions, performing arts, rites and rituals, paintings and writings that are
known, as the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (ICH) of humanity.
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5. ANCIENT DANCE FORMS IN INDIA
• There are Eight Indian classical dance styles which can be considered as ancient
dance forms: Bharatanatyam (Tamilnadu), Kathak (North, West and
Central India),
Kathakali (Kerala),Kuchipudi (Andhra), Odissi (Odisha), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohi
niyattam (Kerala), and Sattriya(Assam).
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6. ANCIENT MUSIC OF INDIA
• India have the vast ancient music . There are many types of Raags and music in
ancient times like meghmalhar raag ,Classical music , Lok geets , Bihu ,Ghazal ,
dhrupad , dhamar and many more.
• Still all of these types of music are being sung lively in their regions. And they are
very soothing for ears and soul to listen.
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7. ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGES IN INDIA
• India have very rich culture related to Architectural sites since ancient times . In
india we have plenty of places which are eye catching and mesmerizing by the
design and the way they are made which always attracts tourists wether they are
Indian or foreigner.
• We can find many archaeological sites in india but UNESCO has listed top 38
places as Archaeological Heritage of India.
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8. ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGES IN INDIA
• UNESCO have listed the greatest places like Tajmahal , Khajuraho , Ajanta –
Ellora caves , Rani Ki Vav , Sun Temple , some of the iconic railway lines and lot
more.
• Cities like Jaipur , Ahemedabad
• Natural sites like Kaziranga National Park , Sunderbans National Park , Great
Himalayan National Park and there are many more.
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9. TAJ MAHAL
• The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz
Mahal.
• It’s construction was completed in 1953 with the cost of 32 million rupees.
• It is also there in the list of Seven Wonders of World.
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• The Taj Mahal’s design is based on Indo-Islamic and earlier Mughal architecture.
Specific inspiration came from successful Timurid and Mughal buildings including
the Gue-e-Amir.
• Earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan
promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi precious stones. Buildings under his
patronage reached new levels of refinement.
• The tomb is the central focus of the entire complex of the Taj Mahal. It is a large, white
marble structure standing on a square plinth and consists of a symmetrical building with
an iwan (an arch-shaped doorway) topped by a large dome and finial. Like most
Mughal tombs, the basic elements are Indo-Islamic in origin.

11. KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
• Kaziranga National Park is located in Golaghat, Karbi
Anglong and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.
• It is the list of world heritage sites for the Rhino, Tigers, elephants, wild
water buffalo and swamp deer that is found in the park is rare .
• Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and
dense tropical moist broadleaf forests
• Four rivers are crossed in the park and the names of them are
Brahmaputra, Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri
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12. AHEMEDABAD CITY
• Ahemedabad city is a heritage because of it’s rich architectural heritage .
Ahemedabad is having Indo-Islamic monuments of the 15th to 17th centuries.
• Ahemedabad have very beautiful architectural places like Sabarmati Ashram ,
Teen Darwaza , Bhadra fort , Jama Masjid , Siddi Saiyad Mosque, Adalaj Vav ,
Jhulta Minara and many more .
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13. ANCIENT CULTURES OF INDIA
• In terms of ancient cultures India is very blessed . India have numbers of ancient
cultures which are providing a path to whole world in today’s world.
• Some of the famous ancient cultures of India are The Indus Valley
Civilization(Bronze age), Buddhist Era, Vedic Civilization and many more.
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14. HADAPPA CULTURE
• The Indus River Valley Civilization, also known as Harappan
civilization, developed the first accurate system of standardized
weights and measures, some as accurate as to 1.6 mm.
• Harappans created sculpture, seals, pottery, and jewelry from
materials, such as terracotta, metal, and stone.
• The Indus Script remains indecipherable without any comparable
symbols, and is thought to have evolved independently of the
writing in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
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15. HADAPPA CULTURE & MOHENJO-DARO
• Mohenjo-Daro is an archeological heritage place of ancient culture
Hadappa.
• Mohenjo-Daro means ‘Mound of the Dead Men’ .
• Mohenjo-daro is located west of the Indus River in Larkana District,
Sindh, Pakistan, in a central position between the Indus River and
the Ghaggar-Hakra River.
• Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the
ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest
major cities.
• Mohenjo-daro was the most advanced city of its time, with remarkably
sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning . When the Indus
civilization went into sudden decline around 1900 BCE, Mohenjo-daro
was abandoned.
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