Architecture & Engineering
Living root bridges (Jingkieng Jri)
centuries (traditional)Khasi and Jaintia communitiesEast Khasi and West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya)Meghalaya
1800
Bridges grown by training rubber-fig roots across streams over decades.
- Dated
- 1800–2025
- As scholars put it
- centuries (traditional)
- Originator
- Khasi and Jaintia communities
- Source text
- East Khasi and West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya)
- Region
- Meghalaya
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Fair to say
Exact ages of individual bridges are hard to date.
Path to modern innovation
A model of living, self-repairing infrastructure.
Transmission
UNESCO tentative list (2022); full nomination filed for 2026-27.
References
- 1UNESCO tentative list 6606
Further reading
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