Rani Ki Vav stepwell among The Scottish Ten
15 Oct 2010
Scottish First minister, Alex Salmond today announced the Scottish experts will digitally capture Rani Ki Vav stepwell in Gujrat, India for future generations, after a meeting with Prime minister Manmohan Singh.
The stepwell is the second international heritage destination to be recorded as part of the Scottish Government's pioneering project, the Scottish Ten, run by Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art's digital design studio. The first international destination being Mount Rushmore in US.
Images of the historic site, known as the Queen's stepwell and located in the town of Patan on the left bank of the Saraswati river, will be recorded using laser technology.
Believed to date back to 1050, the well is made up of stepped terraces descending into the ground, adorned with around 400 sculptures representing a range of Hindu themes.
The Scottish Ten project aims to preserve five Scottish world heritage sites and five international sites in high definition 3D. The footage will be used to create exact digital models that will aid in conserving and maintaining these areas of historical importance.
Rani Ki Vav has only been fully excavated in the last 50 years and is currently on the UNESCO tentative list to be considered for world heritage site status. It has not previously been digitally documented and is considered to be at risk from erosion and decay.
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