MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)
(a) &(b) Yes Madam. For the current financial year the Chennai Circle has been allotted an amount of Rupees 4.5 crores for preservation and conservation of centrally protected monuments/sites in Tamil Nadu.
No funds have been allocated by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for excavation at Keezhadi in Tamil Nadu. Licence has been given to State Archaeological Department, Government of Tamil Nadu to carry out excavation at Keezhadi.
(c) The artifacts found during the excavations conducted by ASI, Chennai Circle are kept under the safe custody of ASI, Chennai Circle.
(d) No Madam. The artefacts and antiquities found during the excavations conducted by ASI have been kept under the safe custody. The report writing of excavation conducted at Adichchnallur, Malayadipatti and Fort Pulicat has been initiated.
(e) The details are given in Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2670 FOR 12.03.2018.
Statement showing the Archaeological Excavation carried out by the Chennai Circle
Sl. No. Year of Excavation Name of the excavation sites Districts Departments Remark Excavated by Status of report
1. 1952 Sanur Chingelpet Southern Circle Megalithic Site N.R.Banerjee & K.V.Soundarajan Ancient India II
2. 1952-53 Chengamedu South Arcot Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. N.R.Banerjee Indian Archaeological A Review 1952-53, p.11
3. 1953-54 Pallavamedu Kanchipuram Southern Circle Historical Site Indian Archaeological A Review 1953-54, p.12
4. 1954-55 Amirthamangalam Chingelpet Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. N.R.Banerjee Indian Archaeological A Review 1954-55, Pp.20-23
5. 1955-56 Kunnattur Chingelpet Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. V.D.Krishnasamy Indian Archaeological A Review 1955-56, p.23
6. 1956-57 Kunnattur Chingelpet Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. V.D.Krishnasamy Indian Archaeological A Review 1956-57, Pp.31-34
7. 1957-58 Kunnattur Chingelpet Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. V.D.Krishnasamy Indian Archaeological A Review 1957-58, Pp.37-38
8. 1962-63 Kanchipuram Chingalput Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. R.Subramanian Indian Archaeological A Review 1962-63, p.12
9. 1962-63 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. S.R.Rao Indian Archaeological A Review 1962-63, p.13
10. 1963-64 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. S.R.Rao Indian Archaeological A Review 1963-64, p.20
11. 1964-65 Paiyampalli North Arcot Southern Circle Neolithic Site Shri. S.R.Rao Indian Archaeological A Review 1964-65, Pp.22-23
12. 1964-65 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. S.R.Rao Indian Archaeological A Review 1964-65, Pp.24-25
13. 1965-66 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. Krishna Deva Indian Archaeological A Review 1965-66, Pp.24-25
14. 1966-67 Karaikadu South Arcot Surveyed by Dr. Yves Martin of the Instiute de Physique du globe, paris, and excavation carried out by Southern circle. Historical Site Shri. K.V.Raman Indian Archaeological A Review 1964-65, p.21
15. 1966-67 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. K.V.Raman Indian Archaeological A Review 1964-65, p.21
16. 1970-71 Perur Coimbatore Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1970-71, Pp.33-34
17. 1970-71 Malayamputtu North Arcot Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1970-71, Pp.34-35
18. 1970-71 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1970-71, p.35, Soundarajan, K 1994 Kaveripattinam 1963-73 A Port city of the Tamil Nadu Coast, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
19. 1970-71 Ukkirankottai Thirunelvelli Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1970-71, p.35
20. 1972-73 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. K.V. Raman Indian Archaeological A Review 1972-73, Pp.32-33
21. 1973-74 Nanganallur Madras Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1973-74, p.24
22. 1973-74 Gingee fort Soth Arcot Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1973-74, p.25
23. 1973-74 Kaveripattinam Thanjavur Southern Circle Early Historical Site Shri. K.V. Soundrarajan Indian Archaeological A Review 1973-74, p.25, Soundarajan, K 1994 Kaveripattinam 1963-73 A Port city of the Tamil Nadu Coast, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
24. 1976-77 T .Kallupatti Madurai Southern Circle Middle Paleolithic Site Shri. L.K. Srinivasan, Indian Archaeological A Review 1976-77, Pp.46-47
25. 1978-79 Mottur North Arcot Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. L.K. Srinivasan Indian Archaeological A Review 1978-79, Pp.72-73
26. 1979-80 T .Kallupatti Madurai Southern Circle Microlithic –Megalithic site Shri. L.K. Srinivasan Indian Archaeological A Review 1979-80, Pp.40-41
27. 1982-83 Kambarmedu Thanjavur Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. C.L.Suri Indian Archaeological A Review 1982-83, p.72
28. 1983-84 Kambarmedu Thanjavur Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. P. Narayana Babu Indian Archaeological A Review 1983-84, Pp.78-79
29. 1984-85 Auroville South Arcot Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. P. Narayana Babu Indian Archaeological A Review 1984-85, p.77
30. 1985-86 Auroville South Arcot Southern Circle Megalithic Site Shri. P. Narayana Babu Indian Archaeological A Review 1985-86, Pp.70-71
31. 1985-86 Darasuram Thanjavur Southern Circle Historical Site Shri. P. Narayana Babu Indian Archaeological A Review 1985-86, p.71
32. 1986-87 Darasuram Thanjavur Madras Circle Historical Site Shri. K.P.Poonacha Indian Archaeological A Review 1985-86, p.72
33. 1990-91 Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Madras Circle Historical Site Shri. B. Narasimhaiah Indian Archaeological A Review 1990-91, p.62-63
34. 1993-94 Gingee Villupuram Madras Circle Historical Site Shri. B. Narasimhaiah Indian Archaeological A Review 1993-94, Pp.98-100
35. 1994-95 Gingee Villupuram Madras Circle Historical Site Shri. B. Narasimhaiah Indian Archaeological A Review 1994-95, Pp.67-69
36. 1995-96 Gingee Villupuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. B. Narasimhaiah Indian Archaeological A Review 1995-96, Pp.72-73
37. 1997-98 Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 1997-98, p.156
38. 1998-99 Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 1998-99, Pp.155-56
39. 1999-2000 Mamallapuram (Shore Temple) Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 1998-99, Pp.148-49
40. 2001-02 Fort Gingee Villupuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 2001-02
41. 2002-03 Fort Gingee Villupuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 2002-03
42. 2003-04 Dutch Fort, Sadaras Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. K.T. Narasimhan Indian Archaeological A Review 2003-04
43. 2003-04 Adichchnallur Thoothukudi Chennai Circle Megalithic Site Shri. T.Sathyamurthy Indian Archaeological A Review 2003-04
44. 2004-05 Adichchnallur Thoothukudi Chennai Circle Megalithic Site Shri. T.Sathyamurthy Indian Archaeological A Review 2004-05
45. 2005-06 Saluvankuppam Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Shri. T.Sathyamurthy & Smt. Sathyabhama Badhreenath Saluvankuppam Excavations (2005-2007) Sathyabhama Badhreenath (2015), Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
46. 2006-07 Saluvankuppam Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Historical Site Smt. Sathyabhama Badhreenath Saluvankuppam Excavations (2005-2007) Sathyabhama Badhreenath (2015), Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
47. 2007-08 Siruthavur Kanchipuram Chennai Circle Megalithic Site Smt. Sathyabhama Badhreenath Excavations at Siruthavur (2008) Sathyabhama Badhreenath (2011),Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
48. 2010-11 Malaiyadipatti Pudukottai Chennai Circle Pre- Historic Site Shri. Ramesh S. Mulimani Report writing is in progress.
49. 2013-2014 Fort at Pulicat Thiruvallur Chennai Circle Historical site Dr.G.Maheshwari Excavation is in progress
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