The students of Mphil batch 20-24 from Department of Archaeology, University of the Punjab under the guidance of Chairman Dr. Muhammad Hameed visited two important yet neglected Sikh Gurdwaras in District Kasur;
• Sri Jahari Sahab, village Tergay
• Gurdwara in Katloi Kalan on Saturday 24th December, 2022.
The students were briefed on-site with visual clues about the pre-partition Sikh architecture and their extension in the area. In the meantime, while investigating, the students also collected some rare artifacts from the ground and were enabled to understand the local flora and fauna of the area also. Particular assignments were given to comprehensively study these abandoned and endangered monuments taking their last breaths. The fieldwork and site visits under the umbrella of academia are purposely to digitally document and highlight the significance of the shared heritage. This also includes mapping, risk assessment, and creating a sense of awareness and ownership by involving locals which we call community or public archaeology, and showing what we hold in legacy. The need of the hour is to protect them with sincere intentions as Gurdwara holds sacred importance for our Sikh brothers also.
Looking forward to it, many more field tours are planned for the coming year to visit the archaeologically important heritage sites starting from the Indus Valley Civilization till the Colonial Period.