Lok Sabha Question No. 3942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Development of Heritage Sites into Museum
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3942

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.3.2022

## DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE SITES INTO MUSEUM

## 3942. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government    proposes  to  promote  India's  heritage  by  identifying potential historical and archaeological marvels of the Country, particularly in Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to protect these sites by developing them into a museum or historical tourist spots?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Identification of historical monuments and archaeological sites, is a regular exercise
- & taken  up  by  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  all  over  the  country  including
- (b) State of Rajasthan. Details of monuments/sites identified for declaring them as of national importance is at Annexure.
- (c) Once any identified site or monument is declared as of National importance, it is conserved  and  preserved  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Ancient  Monuments  and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act,1958.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3942 FOR 28.3.2022

DETAILS  OF  MONUMEMTS/SITES  IDENTIFIED  TO  DECLARE  THEM  AS  OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.

|   l. No. | State            | Name of Monument and Loclity                                                     | District      |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Rock Painting at Chintakunta                                                     | Y.S.R. Kadapa |
|        2 | Gujarat          | Ancient Site, Khirsara                                                           | Kacchha       |
|        3 | Haryana          | Ancient Mounds 6 & 7 at Rakhigarhi                                               | Hisar         |
|        4 | Himachal Pradesh | Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, Kalesar.                                               | Kangra        |
|        5 | Jharkhand        | Terracotta Brick Temples at Doisa Nagar, Navratangarh, Sisai                     | Gumla         |
|        6 | Ladakh (UT)      | Rock Art Site Murgi at Rdanag                                                    | Leh           |
|        7 | Ladakh (UT)      | Ancient Caves Saspol/Gon-Nila-Phuk Medition caves Saspol                         | Leh           |
|        8 | Ladakh (UT)      | Ancient Buddhist institute remains, Nyarma                                       | Leh           |
|        9 | Ladakh (UT)      | Tirisha Stupa along with adjoining remains and prehistoric site around holy lake | Leh           |
|       10 | Laddakh- (UT)    | Ancient Khar (Castle) at Scurbuchan                                              | Leh           |
|       11 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs at Lungphunlian                                                  | Champhai      |
|       12 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs and Settlement, Dungtlang                                        | Champhai      |
|       13 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs and Rock Engraving at Farkawan                                   | Champhai      |
|       14 | Punjab           | Archaeological sites and remains, Masol                                          | Mohali        |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh    | Archaeological Site, Talab Tank and Baoli at Ganesh Bagh                         | Chitrakut     |
|       16 | Uttar Pradesh    | Nakkar Khana                                                                     | Lucknow       |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh    | Archaeological site, Sisvania                                                    | Basti         |
|       18 | Uttarakhand      | Ancient Naula, Syunrakat                                                         | Almora        |
|       19 | Uttarakhand      | Four temples located adjacent to the Centrally protected monument Kuber Temple   | Almora        |

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