Lok Sabha Question No. 1104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Excavation Work in Bundelkhand
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1104 ANSWERED ON 8.2.2021

## EXCAVATION WORK IN BUNDELKHAND

## ΐ 1104.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  excavation  works  done  in  new  areas  of  the  States  including Bundelkhand and Uttarakhand during the last three years;
- (b) the details of newer areas discovered through excavation in the country during the last three years;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  special  plan  to  undertake  excavation  work  in Bundelkhand and Uttarakhand keeping in view their ancient and historical value; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) & (b) The details of excavation works conducted by Archaeological Survey of India during  last  three  field  season  2017-18,  2018-19  and  2019-20  including excavation  at  Erich,  District  Jhansi  (Bundelkhand)  during  the  field  season 2017-18 are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) Yes,  Sir.  During  the  current  field  season  2020-21,  ASI  is  carrying  out excavations  at  two  sites  of  Tewar  in  district  Jabalpur  and  Eran  in  district Sagar in Bundelkhand region whereas, at present, there is no such proposal for the Uttarakhand.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1104 FOR 8.2.2021

## 2017-18

1.  Rithi Rajana, District Nagpur, Maharashtra
2.  Urain (Uren), District Lakhisarai, Bihar
3.  Bharati Huda, District Cuttack, Odisha
4.  Jharhiamba, District Angul, Odisha
5.  Vadnagar, Disrtrict Mehsana, Gujarat
6.  Taranga Hills (Vadnagar), District Mehsana, Gujarat
7.  Kodumanal, District Erode, Tamil Nadu
8.  Vangchia, District Champhai, Mizoram
9.  Barnawa, District Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
10.  Purana Qila, District Central, New Delhi
11.  Raigad Fort, District Raigad, Maharashtra
12.  Thed (Ther), District Sirsa, Haryana
13.  Kabrakala, District Palamu, Jharkhand
14.  Erich, District Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

## 2018-19

1.  Phupgaon, District Amaravati, Maharashtra
2.  Rajaona-Chowki-Rahogarh, District Lakhisarai, Bihar
3.  Kesariya, Block Kesariya, District East Champaran, Bihar
4.  Asurgarh Fort, District Kalahandi, Odisha
5.  Vadnagar, District Mehsana, Gujarat
6.  Taranga, District Mehsana, Gujarat
7.  Gunja, District Mehsana, Gujarat
8.  Gottiprolu, District Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
9.  Vangchhia, District Champhai, Mizoram
10.  Thed (Ther) Mound, District Sirsa, Haryana
11.  Janampet, District Badradri Kothagudam, Telangana.
12.  Sanauli, District Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh

## 2019-20

1.  Kalibangan, District Hanumangarh, Rajasthan
2.  Sitagarha, District Hazaribag, Jharkhand
3.  Langudi Hills, District Jajpur, Odisha
4.  Vadnagar, District Mehsana, Gujarat
5.  Gottiprolu, District Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
6.  Thed (Ther) Mound, District Sirsa, Haryana
7.  Masol, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab
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## ANNEXURE - I

## EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED DURING THE LAST THREE FIELD SEASONS

## (2017-18, 2018-19 AND 2019-20)