Lok Sabha Question No. 2494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Satellite Mapping to Track Missing Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2494 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015 AGRAHAYANA 23, 1937 (SAKA)

## SATELLITE MAPPING TO TRACK MISSING MONUMENTS

## 2494. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO;

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of monuments that have been declared missing by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with details of the same, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the procedure currently followed by the ASI to track missing monuments and archaeological sites across the country;
- (b) the number of monuments found after the declaration of the missing list by the ASI with details of the same\_ State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to introduce   satellite   mapping of ancient monuments and archaeological sites to enable better records and maintenance; and

## ANSWER

- (e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL AVIATION

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) 24 monuments are missing/untraceable\_ The details are at Annexure
- (b) The Performance Audit Report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), laid on the table of the Parliament House on 23.8.2013, has stated that 92 protected monuments are missing: However, vigorous efforts to locatelidentify the reportedly untraceable monuments based on old records, revenue maps and published reports were carried out by the respective field offices of Archaeological Survey of India. The status of such 92 monumentslsites is below: as
- (c) The procedure to find out untraceable monuments involve verification of old record, revenue maps, referring published reports, physical inspections and deployment of teams to trace the missing monuments
- (d)& Madam Archaeological Survey of India entered into a Memorandum of (e) Understanding (MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centrellndian Space Research Organization   (ISRO) for  preparation of satellite based maps   indicating   protected, prohibited and regulated areas with respect to all centrally protected monuments. Yes,

| Number of monumentslsites which physically exist             |   42 |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|------|
| Number of monuments/sites affected due to rapid urbanization |   14 |
| Number of monumentslsites submerged under reservoirIdam      |   12 |
| Number of monumentslsites which are untraceable:             |   24 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY To PART (a)e(b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2494 FOR 14.12.2015

## 1 LIST OF MONUMENTSISITES WHICH ARE UNTRACEABLE

| Assam             | Assam                                                                                   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 _               | Guns of Emperor Sher Shah__Sadia_ Tinsukia                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       |
| 2                 | The Ruins of Copper Temple Paya,_Lohit                                                  |
| Haryana           | Haryana                                                                                 |
| 3                 | Kos Minar,Mujesar,Faridabad                                                             |
| 4                 | Kos Minar, Shahabad,Kurukshetra                                                         |
| Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand                                                                             |
| Delhi             | Delhi                                                                                   |
| 6                 | Bara Khamba Cemetery_Delhi                                                              |
| 7                 | Inchla Wali Gumti,Mubarakpur Kotla                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          |
| 8                 | Rock Inscription, Satna                                                                 |
| Maharashtra       | Maharashtra                                                                             |
| 9                 | Old European Tomb, Pune                                                                 |
| 10                | One Buruj, Agarkot                                                                      |
| Rajastha          | Rajastha                                                                                |
| 11.               | Inscription in Fort_Nagar_ Tonk                                                         |
| 12                | Baran                                                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                           |
| 13                | Ruins of three small linga temple circle 1000 AD_Ahugi Mirzapur                         |
| 14                | Three sites with megaliths on the western and north eastern toes of the hill, Chandauli |
| 15                | Tablet on treasury building_ Varanasi                                                   |
| 16                | Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, Varanasi                                                     |
| 17                | A Banyan grove containing traces of ancient building; Amavey, Ballia                    |
| 18                | Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka, Banda                                                      |
| 19                | Gunner Burkill's Tomb Mehroni_Lalitpur                                                  |
| 20_               | Three Tomb, Lucknow-Faizabad Road Lucknow                                               |
| 21                | Cemeteries at miles 6 and 7 Jahraila Road Lucknow                                       |
| 22,               | Cemetery at Gaughat_Lucknow                                                             |
| 23.               | Large ruined site called Sandi-Khera Pali, Shahabad_ Hardoi                             |
| West Bengal       | West Bengal                                                                             |
| 24                | Ruins of fort,_Bamanpukur; Nadia                                                        |

## 2. LIST OF MONUMENTSISITES WHICH PHYSICALLY EXIST

| Assam          | Assam                                                                                                              |
|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1              | Tomb of Lt_Cresswell_Goalpara                                                                                      |
| 2              | Sculpture of Bhairavi_Kamkhya Hill                                                                                 |
|                | Sculptures in Chummery Compound,_Tezpur                                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                     |
| 4              | Sculptures, carvings, images or other like objects Buddam District Guntur                                          |
| 5              | Sculptures, carvings, images other Iike objects found in the vicinity of the mosque,Gudur,_Krishna                 |
| 6              | Large DolmenKalyandurg_Anantapur                                                                                   |
|                | Mounds-Dibba no.1 to 5 Pedavegi West Godavari                                                                      |
| 8,             | Mound Nagulavaram                                                                                                  |
| Bihar          | Bihar                                                                                                              |
| 9              | Remains of ramparts and the mound commonly known as Palace' in the old fort known as Killa , Bihar Sharif, Nalanda |
| Delhi          | Delhi                                                                                                              |
| 10.            | The Moti Gate of Shershah's Delhi_Mauza Badarpur                                                                   |
| 11             | Tomb with three domes near Railway Station, Nizamuddin                                                             |
| 12             | Shamsi Tallab   together with both the platform entrance  gates, Mehrauli                                          |
| 13.            | Nicholson Statue and its platform Outside of Kashmiri Gate                                                         |
| 14             |                                                                                                                    |
| Karnataka      | Karnataka                                                                                                          |
| 15             | Nandikesvara Inscription at Bijapur                                                                                |
|                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                     |
| 16             | Fresco Bachhaun Paintings, Gahira, Rewa                                                                            |
| Maharashtra    | Maharashtra                                                                                                        |
| 17.            | Jarasangh Nagri at Jorve, Ahmednagar                                                                               |
| 18             | Stone Circle at Arsoda; Gadchiroli                                                                                 |
| 19             | Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens at Chamorshi, Gadchiroli                                                    |
| 20             | Stone Circle at Nildho                                                                                             |
| 21             | Stone Circle at Takalghat,Nagpur                                                                                   |
| 22.            | Old Portuguese Church watch tower and cave on the adjoining hill at Mandapeshwar, Borivali                         |
| Meghalaya      | Meghalaya                                                                                                          |
| 23 ,           | Stone Memorial of U-Mawthoh-Dur; Shillong                                                                          |
| Rajasthan      | Rajasthan                                                                                                          |
| 24             | Archaeological site and Remains at Jeora,Nilodh                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                         |
| 25             | One Jaina statue_Perumbalur                                                                                        |
| 26             | Old town wall and David Yale Chennai                                                                               |
| 27             | Joseph Hynmer's tomb, Chennai                                                                                      |

| Uttarakhand   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 28            | Khera ki Bandi, Roorkee                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 29_           | Site of Aonla railway station, Bareilly                                                                                                                                                                |
| 30.           | Tomb of Lt; Col: John Guthrie in mud fort,Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                                  |
| 31_           | Ancient sculpture, carving, images, basrelics, inscriptions_ stones and like objects_Mathura                                                                                                           |
| 32            | Portion of Katra Mound which are not in the possession of Nazul Tenants on which formerly stood a temple of keshav Dev which was dismantled and the site utilized for the mosque of Aurangazeb Mathura |
| 33            | Monument of Kila Chandpur fort,Bijnor                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 34            | Monument near kila railway station_ Hathras                                                                                                                                                            |
| 35            | Old British cemetery_Bijnor                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 36            | Dih or mound of ruins called Suri-ka-Raj_Ghazipur                                                                                                                                                      |
| 37            | Mound of brick ruins_Sahiya Kushinagar                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 38            | A series of enormous mound_Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 39.           | Large Dih or mound at Chetion,Kasia,Kushinagar                                                                                                                                                         |
| 40            | Mound of ruins called Sareya_Kishinagar                                                                                                                                                                |
| 41            | Remains of large temple,_Ram Nagar,_Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                                         |
| 42            | Imambara Amin-ud-daula, Lucknow                                                                                                                                                                        |

## 3 LIST OF MONUMENTS AFFECTED DUE TO RAPID URBANIZATION AND COMPLETELY ENCROACHED UPON AND SO CAN NOT BE TREATED AS MISSING

| Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  | Ancient Buddhist remains and Brahmi Inscriptions on the mound Manehikullu,_Guntur  |
| Delhi            |                                                                                    |
| 2                | Mound known as Jogabai, Jamia Nagar                                                |
| 3                | Pool Chadar Mughal acquaduct near Najafgarh Jheel, Chaukri Mubarakabad             |
| 4                | Alipur Cemetery_Alipur camping_ground                                              |
| 5                | Barnett & others_Kishanganj                                                        |
| 6_               | Site of Siege Battery bearing the inscription; East of the Hospital in Police Line |
|                  | Site of Siege Battery Right, Major Edward Kaye, R.A Compound of Curzon Road        |
| 8                | Site siege battery at Quadasia Mosque garden, North-Delhi Civil line/Qudsia Garden |
| 9                | Site siege battery at Quadasia Mosque garden, North-Delhi Civil line/Qudsia Garden |
| 10.              | Ancient Site, Sejakpur                                                             |
| 11               | Historic Site No. 431 to 435, Vadodara                                             |
| Karnataka        | Karnataka                                                                          |
| 12               | Pre-Historic site , Chikkajala                                                     |
|                  | Pre-Historic site Hejjala                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                      |
| 14_              | Cemetery (Bus Stand) , Jalaun                                                      |

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## LIST OF MONUMENTS SUBMERGED UNDER RESERVOIR, AND SO CAN NOT BE TREATED AS MISSING

| Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh                                                            |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                | Hills of Nagarjunakonda with the ancient remains PullareddigudemGuntur    |
|                  | Sculptures, carvings, images on the ancient mound; Nagulavaram Guntur     |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu & Kashmir                                                           |
| 3.               | Rock   Carving of Sitala Narda , Brahma and Radha Krishna Basholi, Kathua |
| 4                | Rock Carving of Devi riding a Basholi, Kathua lion,                       |
| 5_               | Visveswara and other_caves temple_Kathua                                  |
| Karnataka        | Karnataka                                                                 |
| 6                | Pre-historic Site, Kittur                                                 |
| West Bengal      | West Bengal                                                               |
| 7                | Amound and a statue of surya Pareshnath, Bankura                          |
| 8                | A mound with a Jain statue,Pareshnath Bankura                             |
| 9                | Image of Durga slaying Mahishasura under a tree , Sarengarh, Bankura      |
| 10               | Temple site now   represented only by a mound Sarengarh, Bankura          |
| 11_              | Amound with an image of Nandi on it,_Sarengarh Bankura                    |
| 12               | A mound with statues of Ganesh and Nandi on it, Sarengarh, Bankura        |