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title: "Spice Route Project: UNESCO Maritime Heritage"
description: "The Spice Route Project is a UNESCO initiative to revive the historic maritime spice trade network, crucial for understanding India's cultural diplomacy."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Spice Route Project is a UNESCO-supported initiative to revive and commemorate the maritime trade network that historically linked India, the Middle East, East Africa, and Europe through the spice trade.
- How does the Spice Route Project differ from Project Mausam?
- Is the Spice Route Project a UNESCO World Heritage designation?
- Why is the Spice Route Project relevant to India's Indian Ocean strategy?
- What archaeological evidence underpins the project?

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In 2014, the Kerala Tourism department, building on the Pattanam excavations led by historian P.J. Cherian, formally sought UNESCO endorsement to revive the historic maritime Spice Route linking some thirty trading nations.

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