Indian heritage in Persian Gulf coasts on display at India global center

Darius Akbarzadeh, a faculty member of the Research Center for (Iranian) Languages and Dialects, Manuscripts and Inscriptions of RICHT, speaking at the opening session referred to the long-lasting and ancient ties of the two nations and governments of Iran and India and termed the exhibition a prelude for organizing similar exhibitions in the near future, according to the Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT).

He also underlined the importance of the Persian Gulf and the role Iranians played in safeguarding the waterway and transferring trade to the Far East and added that in this trade route the significant role the Indian Ocean has played as a bridge in trade is highly remarkable.

Referring to the importance of trade between Iran and India and traffic of Indian tradesmen to the southern Iranian ports, Akbarzadeh reiterated that their residence in those cities has been together with the establishment of some special Indian monuments on the coasts of the Persian Gulf.

He pointed to the temple of the Hindus as a sign of their group residence in the city of Bandar Abbas and the Hindu Caravanserai in Kerman as the result of the trade transactions between the two countries and also made a reference to the Indian monuments in Sistan and Baluchestan.

This exhibition deals with the Indian heritage on the coasts of the Persian Gulf and depicts photos of monuments such as the Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas, the Hindu Caravanserai in Kerman, the Indian memorial in Zahedan, etc.

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