India's Charaideo Moidam royal burial mounds designated World Heritage Site

NEW DELHI — The Charaideo Moidam royal burial complex and shrines, built by northeast India's Ahom dynasty, has been inscribed as a new World Heritage Site, the United Nations' cultural agency said on Friday.  UNESCO experts, who are deliberating on a list of sites nominated for the World Heritage Site tag, announced the decision in Indian capital New Delhi, where they are holding their 46th session.  The Charaideo Moidams, located in Assam state, are a mound burial system that served as a resting place for Ahom kings and queens.