Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies. This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’ – collating archaeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean. The main objective of the project is to inscribe places and sites identified under Project Mausam as trans-national nomination for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

An SFC, was approved for Rs.150, 244, 502/-for two year i.e. 2015-16 and 2016-17 and an amount of Rs.23,94,600/- is utilized upto March, 2017 on the Project.

The list of 39 countries identified under Project Mausam is given below:

Series of lectures and workshop has been organized. Indian Mission abroad in these countries have been requested to identify appropriate authority/experts for dialogue and to identify potential sites for preparing Tentative List proposal.