Missing Artifacts from Historic Sites
3,676
monuments/sites have been declared as of national importance in the country.
State- wise details of centrally protected monuments/ sites are at Annexure-I.
List of theft cases during last three year from 2009 to 2011 is at Annexure
-II. This information was given by the Minister for Culture and Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
ANNEXURE I
List of Centrally Protected
Monuments under the Archaeological survey of India
|
SL.No.
|
Name of State
|
No. of Monuments
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
137
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
03
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
55
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
70
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
47
|
|
6
|
Daman & ( U.T. )
|
12
|
|
7
|
Goa
|
21
|
|
8
|
Gujarat
|
202
|
|
9
|
Haryana
|
90
|
|
10
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
40
|
|
11
|
Jammu & Kashamir
|
69
|
|
12
|
Jharkhand
|
12
|
|
13
|
Karnataka
|
507
|
|
14
|
Kerala
|
26
|
|
15
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
292
|
|
16
|
Maharashtra
|
285
|
|
17
|
Manipur
|
01
|
|
18
|
Meghalaya
|
08
|
|
19
|
Nagalend
|
04
|
|
20
|
N.C.T. Delhi
|
174
|
|
21
|
Orissa
|
78
|
|
22
|
Pondicherry (U.T.)
|
07
|
|
23
|
Punjab
|
33
|
|
24
|
Rajashan
|
162
|
|
25
|
Sikkim
|
03
|
|
26
|
Tamilnau
|
413
|
|
27
|
Tripura
|
08
|
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
742
|
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
042
|
|
30
|
West Bengal
|
133
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
3676
|
ANNEXURE
II
Statement giving details of
theft of antiquities from Monuments/Sites/Museums maintained by the
Archaeological Survey of India during last
three years from 2009- 2011
|
|
YEAR 2009
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
State
|
Name of Monument/Sites
& District
|
Description of object
Date of theft
|
Action taken
|
Status
|
|
1.
|
Rajasthan
|
Ruins
of Temples (Gargach Temple) Atru.
District Baran
|
Ornate mithuna couple
standing under canopy supported by two pillars. Male is in Tribhanga on right and female standing with
crossed legs on left.
|
22
& 23.04.2009
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered
|
|
2.
|
Rajasthan
|
Ruins of Temples (Gargach
Temple) Atru. District Baran
|
Minutely carved male female sculpture standing under
canopy supported by two pillars. Male is in tribhanga
and female on left with crossed leg and holding book like thing.
|
18
& 19.09. 2009
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
|
|
YEAR 2010
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
State
|
Name of Monument/Sites
& District
|
Description of object
Date of theft
|
Action taken
|
Status
|
|
1.
|
West
Bengal
|
Hazarduari Palace Museum, Murshidabad
|
3 nos. valuable Silver antiquities objects namely "Alam Panja" from Religious gallery of Hazarduari
Palace Museum.
|
11.08.2010
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
|
2.
|
Rajasthan
|
Kaner-Ki-Putli Temple, Distt. Bhilwara
|
Four armed seated female deity
|
26
& 27.08.2010
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
|
3.
|
Rajasthan
|
Kaner-Ki-Putli Temple, Distt. Bhilwara
|
A stone sculpture alongwith
two small sculpture
|
3rd
& 4th .11.2010
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
|
4.
|
Karnataka
|
Old Shiva Temple, Thimmalapura,
takuk Hospet, Distt. Bellary
|
One granite stone Shivalinga
shaft
|
7th
-8th November, 2010
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Recovered as
informed by S.A. Bangalore dated
13.4.2011
|
|
|
YEAR 2011
|
|
Sl.
No.
|
State
|
Name of Monument/Sites
& District
|
Description of object
Date of theft
|
Action taken
|
Status
|
|
1.
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
Sivalayam temple of Old Vishnu
and Mukteswara Swamy
temple comlex, Peddamudiyam,
YSR Kadapa district
|
A nandi sculpture
|
17th
-18th May, 2011
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
|
2.
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
Mahamantapa in Soumyanatha
Swamy Temple, Nandaluru,
YSR Kadapa district
|
Stone
bud portion (flower decoration)
|
3.6.2011
|
F.I.R
lodged
|
Not recovered.
|
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