History and Heritage: The Afterlife of Monuments

Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, Golconda: Conservation & Landscape Restoration

Illustrated lecture by Ratish Nanda, Conservation Architect, India CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture who leads inter-disciplinary teams undertaking urban conservation projects in Delhi and Hyderabad

Chair: Dr. Swapna Liddle

The presentation will focus on the decade long conservation effort being undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) at the 106 acre Qutb Shahi Heritage Park – where in the 16th /17th centuries over 100 monuments were built – mausolea, baolis, funerary mosques, amongst others. Conservation effort has revealed several of the principal structures were set in enclosed garden. With learnings from the Humayun’s Tomb conservation, AKTC has followed a craft based approach to conserve the necropolis