United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization

A three weeks long training workshop on the conservation of Terracotta Plaques of Paharpur Vihara taken place. It was a training programm on capacity building for the national staffs and the main themes of the training were:

• Techniques of conservation and repair of removed TC plaques ;
  
• develop the appropriate storage facilities for removed plaque;
  
• technique and methods of removal of terracotta plaques and ornamented bricks from main structure;
  
• acquire technique of replacing of terracotta plaques as well as ornamented Bricks;
  
• handling of TC plaques as well ornamented bricks;
  
• restoration methods of TC plaques;
  
• cleaning of TC plaques;
  
• learn appropriate chemical treatments of TC plaques;
  
• scientific and proper storage methods of fragile TC plaques;
  
• the monitoring system of TC plaques (both in situ and removed ) ;
  
• develop scientific documentation of TC plaques and ornamented bricks;
  
• cataloging of the TC Plaques;
  
• Techniques of photo-documentation of TC develop digital documentation of TC.

Main objectives of this training was capacity building of staff of Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh, National Museum, Student and teachers from various universities and institutes who are working in this area. The training manual will be published soon for dissemination.