Archaeological Survey of India: protected monuments

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Number of untraceable ASI-protected monuments in different states, 2013; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, August 10, 2016

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List of protected monuments, state-wise

Monuments in Guwahati Circle

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

There are 80 (Eighty) centrally protected monuments / sites under the jurisdiction of Guwahati Circle. Out of which 55 are in Assam, 03 in Arunachal Pradesh, 01 in Manipur, 08 in Meghalaya, 04 in Nagaland, 08 in Tripura and 01 in Mizoram. From the point of view of art & architecture the Ahom monuments at Sivasagar, Assam; the temple ruins of Bamuni Hill, Singri Hill & Da-Parbatia in Sonitpur District of Assam; the remains of a fort & the monoliths at Dimapur, Nagaland and the excavated Buddhist remains, rock-cut sculptures and the extant temples in Tripura are noteworthy to mention.

Arunachal Pradesh

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Ruins of Fort, Bhalukpong	Bhalukpong (Balipara)	West Kameng
2	Remains in Bhismak Nagar	Debang Valley
3	Copper Temple near Sadiya	Near sadia	Lohit

Assam

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Cachari Ruins, viz :-
	a) A small unfinished dwelling house	Khaspur	Cachar
	b) The Snan Mandir
	c) The Singh Darwaza
	d) The Temple of Ranachandi
	e) The Baradwari
	f) & g) Two Small Temples
	h) The East Wall, 128 yards in length and 2½ yards in length situated to the north-east corner of the ruins
2	Bordole Temple	Biswanath	Sonitpur
3	Grave of Lieutenant Lewis	Darang, Biswanath
4	Grave of Lieutenant Thomas Kennedy
5	The Rock known as “Bishwanath Sivalinga”	Village Bishwanath
6	The Rock known as “Sukreswar”	The island “Unatumani” in the neighbourhood of village Bishwanath
7	Dhandi Temple	N.C. Kamdayal Village (Mauza Gohpur)
8	Ruins	Singri Hill
9	Masonry remains on the Bamuni Hills	Tezpur	Tezpur
10	The Mound and Ruins of the stone temple at Parbatiya	Tezpur
11	The rock on the bank of the Brahmaputra about 2 miles below Tezpur and the inscription thereon.
12	Sculptures in the Chummery Compound
13	Shri Surya Pahar Ruins	Dasabhuja Devasthan	Goalpara
14	Tomp of Lieutenant Cresswell	Goalpara
15	Monument over the grave of Mr. B.J. stow
16	Ancient tombs	Jagighopa	Bongaigaon
17	Idgah on the Rangamati Hill with its enclosure walls and a space of 16’-20’ around there	Rangamati Hill	Dhubri
18	Rangamati Mosque and the ablution tank attached thereto.
19	The Carvings, inscriptions and pillar on the Urbasi island	Guwahati	Kamrup
21	The stone inscription inside “poa Mecca Mosque”.	Hajo	Kamrup
22	Shri Shri Hayagriva Madhava Temple
23	Shri Shri Kedar Temple
24	Shri Shri Ganesh Temple
25	Shri Shri Kameshwar Temple
26	Duargarila Rock Inscription	The foot of the Kamakhya Hill on the Guwahati(Palasbari Road)
27	ROCK-CUT FIGURES IN THE NILACHAL HILL(a) Figures of Ganesa-2	Kamakhya Hill
	(b) Siva-Lingas – 12
	(c) Four-handed Bhairabi – 1
	(d) Miniature Sikhara Shrines – 4
	(e) Figures of ‘Narakasur’ – 1
	(f) Two-handed ‘ Bhairabi’ – 1
	(g) Stone gateway – 1
	(h) Dancing Bhairava (locally known as Bala-bhairava) engraved on rock – 1
28	Group of four Maidams	Charaideo	Sivasagar
29	Gurhgaon Raja’s Palace	Sibsagar
30	Bisnhudol	Gaurisagar
31	Sivadol
32	Devidol
33	Gaurisagar Tank
34	Bishnudol	Joysagar , Mauza Sulaguri
35	Devidol	Joysagar
36	Ghanashyam’s House	Joysagar , Mauza Sulaguri
37	Golaghar or Magazine	Joysagar
38	The Karenghar of the Ahom Kings	Silakuti Mauza
39	Ranghar Ruins	Sibsagar
40	Sivadol	Joysagar
41	Ranganath Dol	Sibsagar in Mauza Meteka
42	Vishnu Dol, Sivasagar	Sibsagar
43	DeviDol, sivasagar
44	SivaDol, sivasagar
45	Eight Cannons of the Ahom period on the bank of the Sibsagar tank
46	Moniliths	Kasomari Pathar	Golaghat
47	Sivadol at Negriting	Negriting
48	Rock-cut Temple	Maibong	N.C. Hills
49	Two inscribed stones
50	Bolosan Group of Monoliths
51	The Derebara group of Monoliths
52	The Khartong Group of Monoliths
53	The Kobak Group of Monoliths
54	The gun of Emperor Sher Shah	Sadiya	Tinsukia
55	The two swivel guns belonging to the Mughal Nawwara

Manipur

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1.	Temple of Vishnu	Bishenpur	Bishnupur

Meghalaya

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Megalithic bridge known as Thul-Um-Wi	Near Maput between Jowai & Jarain	Jaintia Hills
2	Megalithic bridge (Um-Nyakanah)	On the Um-Nyakanah between Jarain & Syndai
3	Megalithic bridge	On the Um-Kumbeh near Syndai
4	U-Mawthoh-dur	Bhoi Country	East Khasi Hills
5	U-Maw-thodur-briew	Nartiang	Jaintia Hills
6	A tank	Syndai
7	Scott’s Monument	Cherrapunji	East Khasi Hills
8	Manipur Memorial	Shillong

Mizoram

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Menhirs and Caves at Vangchhia	Vangchhia	Champhai

Nagaland

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Remains of a Fort	Dimapur	Kohima
2	Memorial of Mr. G.H. Damant, Major cook and Subedar Nurbir Sahi	Khonoma
3	Stone cairn to memory of Mr. Damant	Kohima
4	Lt. H. Forbe’s Grave	Suchima

Tripura

Archaeological Survey of India: Guwahati circle

SL NO.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS/SITES AS PER GAZETTE NOTIFICATION	LOCATION	DISTRICT
1	Ancient Remains at Boxanagar, locally known as Nath Badi	Boxanagar	West Tripura
2	Ancient mound called Pujakhola	Pachim Pilak	South Tripura
3	Ancient mound called Syham Sundar Ashram Tilla	Jolaibari
4	Ancient mound called Thakurani Tilla	Pachim Pilak
5	Temple of Chaturdasha Devata	Radhakishorepur
6	Gunavati Group of Temples
7	Bhubaneswari Temple	Rajnagar
8	Sculptures and rock-cut reliefs of the Unakotitirtha	Unakoti Range	North Tripura

Monuments in Jaipur Circle

The Archaeological Survey of India: Jaipur Circle

Rajasthan

Devasthan Department, Government of Rajasthan

Ajmer district

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Ajmer	Adhai Din-ka-Jhonpra
2	Ajmer	Badshahi Haveli
3	Ajmer	Delhi Gate consisting of one Archway
4	Ajmer	Gateway of Taragarh Hill
5	Ajmer	The Marble Pavilions and Balustrade on the Anasagar Bund and the Ruins of the Marble Hamam behind the Anasagar Bund
6	Ajmer	Saheli Bazar Buildings in DaulatBagh
7	Ajmer	Tombs of Abdulla Khan and his wife
8	Ajmer	Tomb of Allauddin Khan known as "Sola Thamba"
9	Ajmer	Tripolia Gate
10	Ajmer	Magazine Building
11	Ajmer	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
12	Ajmer	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
13	Ajmer	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
14	Ajmer	Baori on Jaipur-Ajmer road
15	Chatri	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
16	Chatri	Sarai
17	Ghugra	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
18	Hushiara	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
19	Hushiara	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
20	Kair	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
21	Khanpura	Kos Minar erected by Emperor Akbar
22	Pushkar	Mahal Badshahi
23	Pushkar	Brahma Temple

Alwar district

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Bhangarh	Ancient Site
2	Neelkanth	Siva Temple
3	Pandrupol	Ancient Remains
4	Tijara	Lal Masjid

Banswara district

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Arthuna	Siva Temple and Ruins
2	Vithal Deva	Ancient Remains

Baran district

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Atru/Ganeshganj	Ruins of Temples
2	Badva	Yupa Pillars
3	Baran	Temple (12th century)
4	Krishna Vilas	Ancient Ruins and Structural Remains
5	Shergarh	Old Temple, Statues and Inscriptions

Bharatpur district

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Bayana	Akbar's Chhatri
2	Bayana	Ancient Fort with its monuments
3	Bayana	Jahangir's Gateway
4	Bayana	Jhajri
5	Bayana	Lodhi's Minar
6	Bayana	Saraj Sad-ul-lah
7	Bayana	UsaMandir
8	Bharatpur	Delhi Gate out side the fort
9	Bharatpur	FatehBurj near Anah Gate
10	Bharatpur	Fortwalls including Chowburja gate and ApproachBridge at the Chowburja and Ashtadhatu Gate
11	Bharatpur	JawaharBurj and Ashtadhatu Gateway
12	Bharatpur	Moat surrounding the fort wall
13	Brahmabad	Idgah
14	Brahmabad	Islam Shah's gate
15	Deeg	DeegBhawans
16	Deeg	Looted Gun
17	Deeg	Marble Jhoola
18	Kaman	ChaurasiKhamba Temple
19	Malah	Ancient Mound
20	Noh	Ancient Mound
21	Noh	Colossal Image of Yaksha
22	Rupvas	Lal Mahal

Bhilwara

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Bijolia	Mahakal and two other temples
2	Bijolia	Rock Inscription (12th century)
3	Bijolia	Rock Inscription within the ParasvanathTemple compound(12thCent.AD)
4	Khadipur	Ancient Temple known as Kaner-ki-Putli

Bikaner

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Bikaner	Bhandasar Jain Temple
2	Morkhana	Jain Temple of Susani goddess

Bundi

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Bundi	Wall Paintings of Hardoti School in the Palace
2	Keshavraipatan	Ancient Mound
3	Nainwa	Ancient Mound

Chittorgarh

S.No.	Locality	Name of monument / site
1	Badoli	Ghateshwar Temple
2	Badoli	Kund
3	Badoli	ShringarChawri
4	Badoli	Temple of Ashtamata
5	Badoli	Temple of Ganesh
6	Badoli	Temple of Seshashayan
7	Badoli	Temple of Shiva and Kund
8	Badoli	Temple of Trimurti
9	Badoli	Temple of Vamanavatar known as Narad Temple
10	Chittaurgarh	Fort as a whole
11	Menal	Mahanal Temples and Math
12	Nagari	Ancient Site and Remains
13	Nagari	Hathiwada enclosure with Inscription
14	Nilodh/Jeora	Archaeological Sites and Remains