SRINAGAR: An exhibition tracing Kashmir’s centuries-old tradition of architectural epigraphy opened this week at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, bringing to light inscriptions that once adorned the Valley’s mosques, shrines, bridges, temples and gardens between the 14th and 19th centuries. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Titled Naqsh (The Imprint), the exhibition curated by conservationist and art historian Hakim Sameer Hamdani presents photographs, drawings and translations of epigraphs, many of which are fast disappearing due to fire, neglect, weathering and modern renovations. Supported by London’s Barakat Trust and based on a year-long survey of over 600 sites across Kashmir in 2023–24, the project documented 41 significant inscriptions.

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