ASI and National Museum of Denmark Signed MoU for Underwater Archaeological Investigation of Historic Danish Ship Oresund

• Bilateral MoU between Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Underwater Archaeology Wing (UAW) and the National Museum of Denmark – Njord Centre for Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage, Copenhagen, for locating and documenting the wreck of the Danish ship Oresund off Karaikal, Puducherry (wrecked 1619 CE).
• Marks the first international collaborative project of ASI's Underwater Archaeology Wing.
• Salient for UPSC as a convergence of Indian Ocean maritime history, early modern Indo-European trade contacts, cultural diplomacy and the statutory mandate of the ASI under the Ministry of Culture.