Shimla, Oct. 6 -- An international conference bringing together scholars and researchers from India and abroad has provided a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue on the history, culture, archaeology, heritage conservation and contemporary challenges of the Himalayan region, participants and organisers said on Tuesday.

The three-day conference, being organised by the Himachal Pradesh State Museum in Shimla, has brought together researchers from different parts of the Himalayan region, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, the northeastern states and Nepal, besides scholars from Afghanistan and Germany.

Speaking with ANI here, German anthropologist Vitor da Silva said the conference was important because ...