This lecture teaches about cultural heritage in Pakistan.

1. Scholarly Work 06. Code 701
Cultural Heritage
. Dr Zafar Ullah,
zafarullah76@gmail.com

2. Definition of Cultural Heritage
• "The legacy of physical artifacts and
intangible attributes of a group or society
that is inherited from past generations,
maintained in the present, and bestowed for
the benefit of future generations"
(UNESCO, 2003, p. 1).
• Tangible, Intangible and Natural

3. Civilizations in Pakistan
★ Gandhara civilization (L)
★ Indus Valley, Harappa (R)
★ Mohenjodaro (B)

4. Kalash Valley

5. Forts
Lahore Fort
a UNESCO World Heritage
marble carvings and beautiful tile work
Rohtas Fort
built in the 16th century by Sher Shah Suri

6. cont…
Baltit Fort
★ Located in the Hunza Valley
★ built in the 8th century
Derawar Fort
★ in the Cholistan Desert
★ built in the 9th century,
★ 40 bastions

7. Graveyards and Tombs
Makli, Thatta (R) , C14th
Swat (3000 years ago) (B)
Chaukhandi Tombs
Abbasi Royal Graveyard

8. Intangible Culture
★ folklore
★ books
★ art
★ calligraphy
★ mystic literature

9. Natural Places
★ Petroglyphs in Chilas
★ Rock art in Swat (L)

10. Study Methods
★ Preservation
★ 3D Digitization
★ Laser Scanning
★ Photgrammetry
★ Neutron Tomography
★ Max Quadrople Spectrometry
★ Chemometrics
★ Language Documentation with Elan tool

11. Image Mining
★ 3D modelling
★ 3D printing
★ Atlas-ti tool (image mining)
https://atlasti.com/
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12. Museology
★ Thousands of Virtual Museums
https://mcn.edu/a-guide-to-virtual-museum-
resources/
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13. Geo-Spatial Data Mining
★ Instant Streetview
https://www.instantstreetview.com/
★ Blender GIS
https://sourceforge.net/projects/blender-gis.mirror/
★ ArcGIS
https://www.arcgis.com/index.html 13

14. Knowledge Discovery in Pakistani Languages
★ E-Library Punjab
https://elibrary.punjab.gov.pk/e_books
★ REKHTA
★ SUFINAMA
https://sufinama.org/poets/khwaja-ghulam-farid/all
★ Voyant
https://voyant-tools.org/
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15. Thanks
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16. Question Answers
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