Moidams – the mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty from Assam, was officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Friday. The announcement was made during the ongoing 46th session of the World Heritage Committee at New Delhi.

This development took the number of World Heritage Sites in India to 43, bringing India to the sixth position globally for most number of World Heritage Properties. 'Moidams' also became the first cultural site from North-east India to have won the coveted tag. The other two heritage sites from the region - Kaziranga National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, were both inscribed under the 'Natural' category in 1985.