z 3 2i iP) Indian Trust for Rural Heritage ‘and Development Published by: ‘The Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) Registered Office: C-56, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi - 110013. e-mail: mail itrhd@gmail.com ‘Website: woritthd.com Explore Rural India Issue 1, printed 2013 © 2013 Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) Photographs © owners and sources EDITOR: ASHARANI MATHUR DESIGNER: VIKRAM KALRA Book design and typeset by V.K. Communications B-6136, Ist Floor, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi- 110 029 Printed in New Delhi by Modest Graphics Private Limited, Okla Industrial Estate €-53, DSIDC Sheds Okhla Industrial Estate, Delhi -110020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any ‘means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publisher.Contents Address from Maharaja Gaj Singh 6 Message from The Chairman, ITRHD 7 Important Themes in Rural Heritage 9 Professor Simon R, Molesworth, AO QC ‘The Terracotta Temples of Maluti 13 Abha Narain Lambah and Shraddha Bhatawadekar Ralchigarhi and the Harappan Civilization 16 Recent work and new challenges Vasant Shinde, Adam Green, Narender Parmar and PD. Sable Urban India with its Feet in Two Cultures 23 The best of both worlds? Laila Tyabji ‘The National ‘Trust of Slovakia Rural heritage in local hands 28 Michaela Kubikova Keeping an Organic Culture in Agriculture 31 Dilnavaz. Variava Some Useful Trees 34 Nimret Handa Conserving Canada’s Aboriginal Cultural Places 38 Acultural landscape approach Shabnam Inanloo Dailoo, Ph. D. Heritage Tourism 4l Rakesh Mathur ‘The Lost Gardens of Khajuraho 45 Geert Robberechts ‘The Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) 49 Where We Stand Now: An Update Shaking Minarets at Sheilch Musa’s Tomb 51 Conserving a symbol of cultural synthesis Pankaj Kumar Deo EXPLORE RURAL INDIA. ss