UNB, Dhaka :
Despite growing challenges to protect antiques and archeological sites, the Department of Archeology has no list of such items preserved by private trustees or individuals.
“We’ve no list of total antiquities so far discovered in the country, nor we have the list of trustees or individuals who preserve such items,” director general of the Archeology Department Md Altaf Hossain told UNB.
But, Altaf, said the Ministry of Cultural Affairs has taken an initiative to prepare a list of archeological sites and museums. Bangladesh has a long and ancient rich history, which gives it a potential source and abundance of antiquities that have historical and cultural values. Many of archeological excavations here reveal that the evidence of the Northern Black Polished Ware culture of the Indian Subcontinent (c. 700-200 BC), many dynasties, and Buddhist missionaries settled in the land to spread religion, which established many monuments such as Mahasthangarh in Bogra and Mainamati in Comilla.
Despite growing challenges to protect antiques and archeological sites, the Department of Archeology has no list of such items preserved by private trustees or individuals.
“We’ve no list of total antiquities so far discovered in the country, nor we have the list of trustees or individuals who preserve such items,” director general of the Archeology Department Md Altaf Hossain told UNB.
But, Altaf, said the Ministry of Cultural Affairs has taken an initiative to prepare a list of archeological sites and museums. Bangladesh has a long and ancient rich history, which gives it a potential source and abundance of antiquities that have historical and cultural values. Many of archeological excavations here reveal that the evidence of the Northern Black Polished Ware culture of the Indian Subcontinent (c. 700-200 BC), many dynasties, and Buddhist missionaries settled in the land to spread religion, which established many monuments such as Mahasthangarh in Bogra and Mainamati in Comilla.
