Understanding Heritage potential of Saswad, “A HISTORIC Medieval Town of Deccan”

Further discourse attempts to identify heritage potential of town, along with that it investigates how this character could be protected in the context of changing time. First part of the research paper will cover the origin and development of a historic town of Saswad. In second part methodology developed to rediscover the Cultural Significance of Saswad in terms of its built heritage. Further discourse, unfolds various historical factors involved in the development processes and understand the town as a cultural resource. Concluding part will examine issues concerning heritage at risk in Town and brief guidelines to formulate a comprehensive Conservation Policy for Saswad. Study is carried out with observation and visual analysis methods instantaneously mapping, drawings, and inventories supported the arguments developed in the process of analysis. Interview of historians, architects and local people helped in understanding the forms and meanings of various historic elements and a town as a whole.