The document discusses several World Heritage Sites located in India that have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. It mentions sites like Kaziranga National Park in Assam, which is home to the largest population of one-horned rhinoceros, and the group of Portuguese-era monuments in Old Goa built between the 16th-18th centuries. It also summarizes various archaeological and historic sites across India like the temples of Hampi, the rock-cut edifices at Ajanta and Ellora, and the royal buildings at Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal.
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III B.A (LIT).
2. There are 32 recognized sites.
Also in addition to these another 64 sites that
are suggested to be added into the world
Heritage List.
3. Located in the Northeastern state of Assam in
the Brahmaputra River’s south bank.
It was first established as a reserved forest in 1908
to protect the dwindling species of rhinoceros.
Was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in
1985 for its unique natural environment.
Has the distinction of being home to the largest
population of the great Indian one-horned
rhinoceros.
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5. They are monuments inscribed by UNESCO under the World
Heritage List in 1986 as cultural property.
Which were built by the Portuguese colonial rulers
of Goa between 16th and 18th centuries.
The most significant of these monuments is the Basilica of Bom
Jesus, which enshrines the tomb containing the relics of St.
Francis Xavier.
These monuments of Goa, known as the “Rome of the Orient,”
were established by different Catholic religious orders, from 1510
onwards.
The monuments are built in laterites and walls plastered with
limestone mortar mixed with broken shells.
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7. Humayun’s Tomb , Qutub Minar,
Red Fort.
They stand as a pillion to thee rich
history of the Islamic rule of the state
under the Delhi Sultanate & the
Mughals.
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9. Hampi subsumes the ruins of Vijayanagara,
which was the former capital of the
powerful Vijayanagara Empire.
Dravidian temples and palaces abound in Hampi.
These won the admiration of travellers between
the 14th and 16th centuries.
Hampi, as an important Hindu religious centre,
has the Virupaksha Temple.
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11. It cover a remarkable series of nine Hindu temples, as
well as a Jain sanctuary in northern Karnataka.
These are a remarkable combination of temples built
by the Chalukya Dynasty in the 6th to 8th century
at Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal, the latter city was
known as the "Crown Rubies".
The temples represent a remarkable fusion of the
architectural features of northern (Nagara) and
southern (dravida) India.
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13. They are a group of Buddhist monuments dated
between 200 BC and 100 BC.
The site, however, has been conjectured to have
been developed in the 3rd century BC, when
Emperor Ashoka of the Maury an Empire ruled.
The principal monument is Stupa 1 dated to the
2nd century and 1st century BC.
These Buddhist sanctuaries were active Buddhist
religious monuments, which flourished till the
12th century.
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15. Built by kings of the Chola Empire stretched over
all of Tamil Nadu.
This cultural heritage site includes three great
temples of 11th and 12th centuries namely,
the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur,
the Brihadisvara Temple at
Gangaikondacholisvaram and the Airavatesvara
Temple at Darasuram.
The Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram, built by
Rajendra I, was completed in 1035.
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17. Agra Fort, also known as the Red Fort of Agra, which
represented Mughal opulence and power as the centre
piece of their empire was inscribed in the UNESCO
World Heritage List in 1982.
Fatehpur Sikri, "the City of Victory," was built during
the second half of the 16th century by the Mughal
Emperor Akbar (1556–1605). It was the capital of the
Empire.
Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It
was built by Emperor Shahjahan in memory of his
third wife Begum Mumtaz Mahal.
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19. Mountain railways of India.
Sundarban National Park.
Western Ghats.
Ajanta & Elora Caves.
Great Himalayan National Park.
Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
Jantar Mantar.
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22. Generated at each stage- Mining,
Enriching, Power generation.
Even 21st Century has no answer for
radioactive
waste disposal.
25. Uranium.
Thorium.
Radium.
Plutonium.
Lithium.
Beryllium.
Zircomium.
Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL) is a centrally
owned Public Sector Undertaking
(PSU).
The corporation was founded in 1967 and is
responsible for the mining and milling of uranium
ore in India.