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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
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# Maritime Asia Heritage Survey

**Source**: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
**Parent**: https://kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cseas-gepc/

Wat Koh Mural Paintings

Images of Chinese, Indian, and European traders active in 17th-century Ayutthaya, Thailand

[READ MORE](#main)

Boat sheds at Lamalera

Beach harbor for the traditional fishing fleet on Lembata in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Indonesia

[READ MORE](#main)

## Kuredhivaru Mosque

The MAHS Maldives Field Team documenting a ritual site that was part of a coastal village which is now under over a meter of water due to accelerated coastal erosion in Noonu Atoll, Maldives

[READ MORE](#main)

## Kasiruta

The MAHS Indonesia Field Team heading upriver to document the ruins of the former capital of the Bacan Sultanate in Maluku Province, Indonesia

[READ MORE](#main)

Sri Charon Boatyard

This boatyard along the banks of the Chao Phraya preserves the wooden hulls of a range of traditional rivercraft in Ayutthaya, Thailand

[READ MORE](#main)

Bampalola

Traditional Muslim village overlooking Mutiara Bay on the island of Alor, Indonesia

[READ MORE](#main)

Aasaaree Miskiyy

Arabic calligraphy executed in traditional lacquer work on the ceiling of the old mosque at Ihavandhoo, Haa Alifu Atoll, Maldives.

[READ MORE](#main)

## About MAHS

The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS) digitally documents endangered historical and archaeological heritage across the watery world of coastal and island Southern Asia. The seasonal monsoon cycles of this region have for centuries facilitated the circulation of people, materials and ideas across a vast seascape and its riparian extensions to create a complex mosaic of diverse local cultures.

[Read more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/team/)

### 3D Model

Browse 3D digital models of heritage buildings and objects from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Maldives

### Manuscripts

Read from our digital library of deep-zoom digital images of texts in Arabic, Dhivehi, Malay, Bugis, Thai, Pali, and other languages.

### Database

Search our Arches database for full records on created by our MAHS Field Teams, as well as integrated datasets from project partners.

### Oral History

Browse our archive of oral history interviews recorded by MAHS Field Teams in the Maldives, Indonesia, and Thailand.

### Point cloud

Download full spatial data sets from LiDAR and photogrammetry work by MAHS field Teams across the region.

### 3D Model

Browse 3D digital models of heritage buildings and objects from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Maldives

### Manuscript

Read from our digital library of deep-zoom digital images of texts in Arabic, Dhivehi, Malay, Bugis, Thai, Pali, and other languages.

### Database

Search our Arches database for full records on created by our MAHS Field Teams, as well as integrated datasets from project partners.

### Oral History

Browse our archive of oral history interviews recorded by MAHS Field Teams in the Maldives, Indonesia, and Thailand.

### Point cloud

Download full spatial data sets from LiDAR and photogrammetry work by MAHS field Teams across the region.

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## MAHS Fieldwork videos

Watch the MAHS Field Teams in action across Indonesia, Thailand, and the Maldives as well as other videos exploring the history and diverse cultures of Maritime Asia.

[Watch More Videos](https://www.youtube.com/@MaritimeAsiaHeritageSurvey)

## 3D Models Viewer

### Thai dugout river craft (rue maad)

from the Ban Phraek Collection, Ayutthaya, Thailand (MAHS-THA-COL-005-O-0018)

[See all collections](https://sketchfab.com/MaritimeAsiaHeritageSurvey/collections)

## Wapauwe Mosque

Explore the Muslim architectural traditions of Indonesia bia a virtual visit to Galeri Kaitetu, established with the support of Aliph in collaboration with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient and the MAHS on the grounds of the Wapauwe Mosque in Kaitetu on the island of Ambon in Maluku, Indonesia.

[Discover more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/aliph-project/)

## Featured Collections

[Explore all collections](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/collection/)

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Wat Yan Ang Thong Collection

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand

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Siwalima Museum

Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

Maldives National Museum

Male', Kaafu, Maldives

## MAHS Survey Accomplishments

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[Exploring Linguistic Connections: Sanskrit and Dhivehi](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exploring-linguistic-connections-sanskrit-and-dhivehi/)

[Read more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exploring-linguistic-connections-sanskrit-and-dhivehi/)

- 16 January 2024
- [Blog](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/category/blog/)

[Typography as a way of preserving an ancient writing system: A new digital font for Maldivian Dhives Akuru script by Fernando Caro](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/typography-as-a-way-of-preserving-an-ancient-writing-system-a-new-digital-font-for-maldivian-dhives-akuru-script-by-fernando-caro/)

[Read more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/typography-as-a-way-of-preserving-an-ancient-writing-system-a-new-digital-font-for-maldivian-dhives-akuru-script-by-fernando-caro/)

- 28 September 2023
- [Blog](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/category/blog/)

[AN ARCHEOLOGICAL INSIGHT INTO THE MEDIEVAL MALDIVES](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/an-archeological-insight-into-the-medieval-maldives/)

[Read more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/an-archeological-insight-into-the-medieval-maldives/)

- 14 December 2021
- [Blog](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/category/blog/)

[EARLY ISLAMIC GRAVESTONES FROM SUMATRA](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/early-islamic-gravestones-from-sumatra/)

[Read more](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/early-islamic-gravestones-from-sumatra/)

- 8 June 2021
- [Blog](https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/category/blog/)

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## Fieldwork Gallery

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### MAHS Indonesia Team en route upriver to Kasiruta in North Maluku

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### Skulls of the ancestors in a rock shelter in eastern Maluku

### Wooden boat hulls in an historic boatyard on the Chao Phraya River