Our heritage
ASI Heritage Museum is located in the Siri Fort Complex, New Delhi. The Archaeological Survey of India takes care of our old buildings and monuments. This museum tells us how important our heritage and monuments are. Have you ever seen or read about Ghiasuddin Tughluq’s Tomb, Isa Khan’s Tomb, Shah Burj or Sikandar Lodhi’s Tomb? They all are situated in Delhi. However, you can see their pictures in this museum. We don’t visit them because they are all in a dilapidated condition. They are being destroyed by nature and irresponsible actions of man like pollution, thefts, posters, writing on walls among others.

Our monuments constitute our living heritage. In Delhi, there are many monuments, among which we know only the famous ones like Qutub Minar, Red Fort and Humayun’s Tomb. Our visit to the museum sensitised us about the damage being done to our monuments and buildings. It is time to think differently, act wisely and correct our past mistakes.

We must preserve our heritage so that the coming generations can also learn about our history and our glory.
—Suramya AgArwal,
CLASS VII-C

History facing extinction
A few days ago, when our school took us to the ASI Heritage Museum, we saw the heritage of India in ruins.

We saw beautiful buildings’ walls full of posters, banners and hoardings, which took away their beauty and glory. All of us were ashamed, as we are the ones who have destroyed our heritage by scribbling on the walls of beautiful buildings, sticking posters on them, urinating and spitting on them, which cause damage.

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