Lok Sabha Question No. 2558 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Survey of Heritage Sites
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2558 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## SURVEY OF HERITAGE SITES

## † 2558. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  has conducted any survey of sites of cultural and historical importance in the country during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra and the aspects covered under the said survey; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  The  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  has  carried  out  survey  work  in  the
- to country at various sites. The details of the survey carried out by the (ASI) during the last
- (c) three years are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY PART TO (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2558 FOR 12.03.2018

## THE DETAILS OF THE SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ASI) DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS 2015-2016, 2016-2017 AND 2017-2018

| 2015-2016   | 2015-2016         | 2015-2016        | 2015-2016                                              | 2015-2016               | 2015-2016                                       |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.     | Circle            | State            | District Surveyed                                      | Total villages surveyed | Number of villages yielding antiquarian remains |
| 1.          | Agra              | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra                                                   | 21                      | 6                                               |
| 2.          | Aurangabad        | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad                                             | 41                      | 38                                              |
| 3.          | Bangalore         | Karntaka         | Hassan                                                 | 12                      | 12                                              |
| 4.          | Bhopal            | Madhya Pradesh   | Vidisha, Shivpuri, Sagar, Ashoknagar,                  | 142                     | 106                                             |
| 5.          | Bhubaneswar       | Odisha           | Dhenkanal                                              | 29                      | 12                                              |
| 6.          | Chandigarh        | Punjab           | Ferozpur, Fazilka                                      | 207                     | 21                                              |
| 7.          | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu       | Salem, Namakkal                                        | 218                     | 82                                              |
| 8.          | Dehradun          | Uttarakhand      | Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital                             | 189                     | 10                                              |
| 9.          | Delhi             | Delhi            |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 10.         | Dharwad           | Karnataka        | Bagalkot, Bijapur, Bidar, Gulbarga, Dharwad, Kalaburgi | 225                     | 214                                             |
| 11.         | Goa               | Goa              | North Goa                                              | 50                      | 50                                              |
| 12.         | Guwahati          | Assam            |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 13.         | Hyderabad         | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 14.         | Jaipur            | Rajasthan        | Alwar                                                  | 4                       | 4                                               |
| 15.         | Jodhpur           | Rajasthan        |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 16.         | Kolkata           | West Bengal      |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 17.         | Lucknow           | Uttar Pradesh    | Amethi                                                 | 62                      | 24                                              |
| 18.         | Mumbai            | Maharashtra      | Palgarh                                                | 75                      | 20                                              |
| 19.         | Nagpur            | Maharashtra      |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 20.         | Patna             | Bihar            | Buxer                                                  | 60                      | 3                                               |
| 21.         | Raipur            | Chhattisgarh     | Mahasamund                                             | 67                      | 10                                              |
| 22.         | Ranchi            | Jharkhand        | Lohardaga, Ranchi                                      | 98                      | 71                                              |
| 23.         | Sarnath           | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                        | 72                      | 42                                              |
| 24.         | Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh | Solan, Kinnaur, Sirmour                                | 237                     | 85                                              |
| 25.         | Srinagar          | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 26.         | Thrissur          | Kerala           |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 27.         | Vadodara          | Gujarat          | Panchmahal                                             | 83                      | 54                                              |
| 28.         | Hampi Mini Circle | Karnataka        |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 29.         | Leh Mini Circle   | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                                        | 0                       | 0                                               |
|             |                   |                  | TOTAL                                                  | 1820                    | 822                                             |

| 2016-2017   | 2016-2017         | 2016-2017        | 2016-2017               | 2016-2017                                       |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.     | Circle            | State            | Total villages surveyed | Number of villages yielding antiquarian remains |
| 1.          | Agra              | Uttar Pradesh    | 22                      | 19                                              |
| 2.          | Aizwal            | Mizoram          | 18                      | 18                                              |
| 3.          | Amarawathi        | Andhra Pradesh   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 4.          | Aurangabad        | Maharashtra      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 5.          | Bangalore         | Karntaka         | 79                      | 55                                              |
| 6.          | Bhopal            | Madhya Pradesh   | 79                      | 62                                              |
| 7.          | Bhubaneswar       | Odisha           | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 8.          | Chandigarh        | Punjab           | 647                     | 48                                              |
| 9.          | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu       | 29                      | 15                                              |
| 10.         | Dehradun          | Uttarakhand      | 170                     | 8                                               |
| 11.         | Delhi             | Delhi            | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 12.         | Dharwad           | Karnataka        | 119                     | 109                                             |
| 13.         | Goa               | Goa              | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 14.         | Guwahati          | Assam            | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 15.         | Hyderabad         | Telangana        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 16.         | Jaipur            | Rajasthan        | 36                      | 10                                              |
| 17.         | Jodhpur           | Rajasthan        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 18.         | Kolkata           | West Bengal      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 19.         | Lucknow           | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 20.         | Mumbai            | Maharashtra      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 21.         | Nagpur            | Maharashtra      | 3                       | 3                                               |
| 22.         | Patna             | Bihar            | 100                     | 15                                              |
| 23.         | Raipur            | Chhattisgarh     | 102                     | 12                                              |
| 24.         | Ranchi            | Jharkhand        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 25.         | Sarnath           | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 26.         | Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh | 82                      | 46                                              |
| 27.         | Srinagar          | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 28.         | Thrissur          | Kerala           | 34                      | 34                                              |
| 29.         | Vadodara          | Gujarat          | 8                       | 8                                               |
| 30.         | Hampi Mini Circle | Karnataka        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 31.         | Leh Mini Circle   | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 32.         | Delhi Mini Circle |                  | 0                       | 0                                               |
| TOTAL       | TOTAL             | TOTAL            | 1528                    | 462                                             |

| 2017-2018   | 2017-2018         | 2017-2018        | 2017-2018               | 2017-2018                                       |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.     | Circle            | State            | Total villages surveyed | Number of villages yielding antiquarian remains |
| 1.          | Agra              | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 2.          | Aizwal            | Mizoram          | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 3.          | Amarawathi        | Andhra Pradesh   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 4.          | Aurangabad        | Maharashtra      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 5.          | Bangalore         | Karntaka         | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 6.          | Bhopal            | Madhya Pradesh   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 7.          | Bhubaneswar       | Odisha           | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 8.          | Chandigarh        | Punjab           | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 9.          | Chennai           | Tamil Nadu       | 70                      | 37                                              |
| 10.         | Dehradun          | Uttarakhand      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 11.         | Delhi             | Delhi            | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 12.         | Dharwad           | Karnataka        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 13.         | Goa               | Goa              | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 14.         | Guwahati          | Assam            | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 15.         | Hyderabad         | Telangana        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 16.         | Jaipur            | Rajasthan        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 17.         | Jodhpur           | Rajasthan        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 18.         | Kolkata           | West Bengal      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 19.         | Lucknow           | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 20.         | Mumbai            | Maharashtra      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 21.         | Nagpur            | Maharashtra      | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 22.         | Patna             | Bihar            | 105                     | 22                                              |
| 23.         | Raipur            | Chhattisgarh     | 27                      | 4                                               |
| 24.         | Ranchi            | Jharkhand        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 25.         | Sarnath           | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 26.         | Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh | 67                      | 42                                              |
| 27.         | Srinagar          | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 28.         | Thrissur          | Kerala           | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 29.         | Vadodara          | Gujarat          | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 30.         | Hampi Mini Circle | Karnataka        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 31.         | Leh Mini Circle   | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0                       | 0                                               |
| 32.         | Delhi Mini Circle | New Delhi        | 0                       | 0                                               |
| TOTAL       | TOTAL             | TOTAL            | 269                     | 105                                             |