Online Books by Prafull Goradia

An Act to declare certain ancient and historical monuments and archaeological sites and remains in Part A States and Part D States to be of national importance and to provide for certain matters connected therewith.

1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Declaration of National Importance) Act,1951.

2. Declaration of certain monuments and archaeological sites and remains to be of national importance. - The ancient and historical monuments referred to or specified in Part I of the Schedule and the archaeological sites and remains referred to or specified in Part II thereof are hereby declared, respectively, to be ancient and historical monuments and archeological sites and remains of national importance.

3. Application of Act VII of 1904 to ancient monuments, etc., declared to be of national importance. -All ancient and historical monuments and all archaeological sites and remains declared by this Act to be of national importance shall be deemed to be protected monuments and protected areas, respectively? within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act. 1904, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly to the ancient and historical monuments or archaeological sites and remains, as the case may be, and shall be deemed to have so applied at all relevant times.

1. All ancient and historical monuments in Part A States and Part B States which, before the commencement of this Act, have either been declared by the Central Government, to be protected monuments within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904. or which have been taken possession of by the Central Government as protected monuments.

II. The following ancient and historical monuments in Part B States not covered by Item No. I immediately preceding -

The Ancient and Historical Montanents and Arch/Eological Sites and Remains (Declaration of National Importance) Act, 1951

S no	Name of monument	Locality
HYDERABAD STATE
District Aurangabad
1	Ajanta Caves	Ajanta
2	Aurangabad Caves	Aurangabad
3	Daulatabad Fort and Monuments therein (c.g. Chand Minar)	Daulatabad
4	Ellora Caves	Ellora
5	Pithalkhora Caves	Pithalkhora
6	Tomb of Aurangzeb	Khuldabad
7	Tomb of Malik Ambar	Do
8	Tomb of Rabia Daurani (Bibi-ka-Maqbira)	Aurangabad
*District Bidar*
9	Baibomani Tombs	Ashtur
10	Barid Shahi Tombs	Bidar City
11	Bidar Fort	Do
12	Madrasa Mahmud Gawan	Do
*District Gulbarga*
13	Gulbarga Fort and Great Mosque in the Fort	Gulbarga
14	Hafth Gumbad Tomb of Firoz Shah	Do
District Hyderabad
15	Char Minar	Hyderabad city
16	Golconda Fort and Tombs	Golconda
District Parbhani
17	Nagnath Temple	Aundha
District Raichur
18	Alampur Temples	Alampur
19	Mahadev Temple	Ittagi
District Warangal
20	Ramappa Temple	Palampet
21	Thousand Pillar Temple	Hanamkonda
22	Warangal Fort, Defences and Gateways	Warangal
MADHYA BHARAT STATE
District Bhilsa
1	Athakhamba	Gyaraspur
2	Bajramath	Do
3	Hindola Torana	Do
4	Maladevi Temple	Gyaraspur
5	Bara Khambi	Udaypur
6	Pisnarika Temple	Do
7	Udayeshwar Mahadeva Temple	Do
8	Bhimagaja	Pathari
9	Caves	Do
10	Bijamandal Mosque	Bhilsa
11	Lohangi Hill Capital	Do
12	Caves 1 to 20	Udaygiri
13	Dashavatara Temple	Badoh
14	Gadarmal Temple	Do
15	Jain Temple	Do
16	Sola Khambi	Do
17	Khamb Baba (Heliodoras Pillar)	Besnagar
18	Brick Temples (Two)	Kherst
19	Open Air Museum	Do
20	Fort	Ater
District Dewas
21	Siddheshwar Temple	Nemawan
22	Unfinished Temple	Do
*District Dhar*
23	Adar Gumbaz	Mand
24	Alamgir Gate	Do
25	Ancient Hindu Baodi	Do
26	Ancient Hindu well	Do
27	Andheri Baodi	Do
28	Ashrafi Mahal	Do
29	Baz Bahadur's palace	Do
30	Bhagwania Gate	Do
31	Bhangi Gate	Do
32	Champa Baodi	Do
33	Chhapan Mahal	Do
34	Chistikhan's Mahal	Do
35	Chor Kot	Do
36	Chorakot Mosque	Do
37	Nabar Jharokha Compound	Do
38	Daika Mahal	Do
39	Daike Chhote Behen ka Mahal	Do
40	Darya Khan's tomb	Do
41	Delhi Gate	Do
42	Dhanmashalla	Do
43	Dilawarkhan's Mosque	Do
44	Ek-khamba Mahal	Do
45	Gadhasa's Palace	Do
46	Gadhasa's shop	Do
47	Gadi Dharmaja	Do
48	Hammam	Do
49	Hathi Gate	Do
50	Hathi Mahal	Mandu
51	Hindola Mahal	Do
52	Hoshang's tomb	Do
53	Jahaz Mahal	Do
54	Jahangirpur Gate	Do
55	Jama Masjid	Do
56	Kali Baodi	Do
57	Kapoor Talao and the ruins on its banks	Do
58	Lal Bag	Do
59	Lal Bungalow	Do
60	Lohani Caves	Do
61	Lohani Gate	Do
62	Jail Mahal	Do
63	Nahar Jharoka	Do
64	Mahmud's tomb	Do
65	Malik Moghi's Mosque	Do
66	Mosque near Sopi Tanka	Do
67	Mosque near Tarapur Gate	Do
68	Mosque north-west of Daryakhan's tomb	Do
69	Nameless Tomb	Do
70	Nameless Tomb	Do
71	Nameless Tomb	Do
72	Nameless Tomb	Do
73	Neelkanth	Do
74	Rampol Gate and the Mosque opposite to it	Do
75	Royal Palaces	Do
76	Rupmati Pavilion	Do
77	Caravan Sarai	Do
78	Sarai near Daryakhan's Tomb	Do
79	Sat Kothari Cave	Do
80	Somoti Kund	Do
81	Songarh Gate	Do
82	Tarapur Gate	Do
83	Teveli Mahal	Do
84	Tomb and Mosque attached	Do
85	Tomb north of Almgir Gate	Do
86	Tomb north of Daryakhan's tomb	Do
87	Tower of Victory	Do
88	Tripolia Gate	Do
89	Ujali Baodi	Do
90	Water Palace	Do
91	Bhoja Shala and Kamal Maula's Mosque	Dhar
92	Latki Masjid	Do
93	Buddhist Caves I to 7	Bagh
94	Water Palace	Sadalpur
District Gwalior
95	Mahadeva Temple	Amrol
96	Tila Monument	Pawaya
97	Tomb of Mohammad Ghaus	Gwalior
District Guna
98	Jain Temples I to 5	Budhi Chander
99	Chanderi Fort and:
	Bada Madarasa	Chanderi
	Battisi Baodi	Do
	Badal Mahal gateway	Do
	Jma Masjid	Do
	Kati Ghati	Do
	Koshak Mahal	Do
	Nizam-ud-din's tomb	Do
	Shahajadi-ka-Roza	Do
100	Mohajamata temple	Terahi
101	Monastery	Do
102	Torana gate	Do
103	Monastery	Kadwaha
104	Temples 2 to 7	Do
District Gwalior
105	Gwalior fort:
	Chaturbhuj temple	Gwalior
	Mansinghts Palace	Do
	Rock out Jain colossi	Do
	Sas Bahu temples	Do
	Tell ka Mandir	Do
District Khargons
106	Ballaleshwar	Un
107	Chaubara Dera	Do
108	Gupteshwar	Do
109	Jain temples I to 3	Do
110	Temples of Mahakaleshwar I and 2	Do
111	Temple of Nilakantheshwar	Do
District Mandasor
112	Brahmanical Rockcut temples	Dhamnar
113	Buddhist Caves	Do
114	Nau Torana temple	Khor
115	Yasodharman's Pillars of Victory	Sondni
District Murena
116	Ekottarso Mahadeva temple	Mitaoli
117	Gadhi	Padhavli
118	Kakanmadh temple	Suhania
119	Temple	Padhavli
120	Temples I to 22	Naresar
District Sivapuri
121	Large Shiva temple	Mahua
122	Small Shiva temple	Do
123	Monastery	Ranod
124	Monastery	Surwaya
125	Open air museum	Do
126	Shiva temple	Do
127	Surwaya Gadhi	Do
MYSORE STATE
District Bangalore
1	Apramoyaswami Temple	Malur
2	Ashurkhana	Doddaballapur
3	Cenotaph	Bangalore
4	Old Dungeon Fort and Gates	Do.
5	Tipu Sultan's Palace	Do.
6	Fort	Devanahalli
7	Tipu Sultan's Birthplace	Do
8	Syed Ibrahim's Tomb or Bada Makkan	Channapatna
District Chitaldrug
9	Akkatangi temple and Asoka inscription on Emmetham mananagundu	Siddapur
10	Asoka inscriptions	Brahmagiri
11	Fortress and temples on the hill	Chitaldrug
12	Hariharesvara temple	Harihar
13	Inscription and Jatingi, Rameswar temple	Jatingi Ramesvara Hill
14	Santhebagilu and Rangayyanabagilu with preserved bastions	Chitaldrug
District Hashan
15	Adinatha Basti	Halebid
16	Hoysalesvara temple	Do
17	Kedaresvara temple	Do
18	Parsvanatha Basti	Do
19	Santhinatha Basti	Do
20	Akkana Basti	Sravanabelgola
21	Chandragupta Basti	Do
22	Chavundaraya Basti	Do
23	Gomatesvara	Do
24	Inscriptions	Do
25	Parsvanatha Basti	Do
26	Buchesvara temple	Koravangala
27	Fort and Dungeons	Manjarabad
28	Isvara temple	Arsikere
29	Kalyani	Hulikere
30	Kesava temple and inscriptions	Belur
31	Lakshmidevi temple	Doddagaddavalli
32	Lakshminarasimha temple	Nuggehalli
33	Sadashiva temple	Do
34	Nagesvara and Chennakesava temple	Mosale

District Kadur
35	Amritesvara temple Amritapura	Amritapura
36	Yupastamtha and Isvara temple Hiremagalur	Hiremagalur
37	Vidyasankara temple Sringeri	Sringeri
38	Viranarayana temple Belavadi	Belavadi
District Kolar
39	Bhoganandisvara temple	Nandi Hills
40	Tipu's Palace	Do
41	Yoganandisvara temple	Do
42	Haidar Ali's Birthplace	Budikote
43	Kolaramma temple	Kolar
44	Mokhbara (Mausoleum of Hyder Ali's father)	Do
45	Somesvara temple	Do
46	Ramalingesvara temples and inscriptions	Avani
District Mysore
47	Arkesvara temple	Hale Alur
48	Gaurisvara temple	Yelandur
49	Kesava temple	Somanathapur
50	Kirthinarayana temple	Talkad
51	Vaidyesvara temple	Do
52	Lakshmikanta temple	Mullur
53	Mallikarjuna temple	Basral
54	Ramesvara temple	Narasamangala
55	Sidlu Mallikarjuna temple	Bottadapur
56	Srikantesvara temple	Nanjangud
57	Sri Vijayanarayana temple	Gundlupet
District Mandya
58	Colonel Bailey's Dungeon	Seringapatam
59	Daria Daulat Bagh	Do
60	Gumbaz containing tomb of Tipu Sultan	Do
61	Jumma Masjid	Do
62	Obelisk Monuments and Fort walls near the breach	Do
63	Spot where Tipu's body was found	Do
64	Sri Kanthirava statue in Narasimha temple	Do
65	Sri Ranganathasvami temple	Do
66	T. Innman's Dungeon	Nagamangala
67	Kesava temple	Marehalli
68	Lakshminarasimha temple	Hosaholalu
69	Lakshmioarayana temple	Sindhaghatta
70	Lakshminarayana temple	Melkote
71	Narayanasvami temple	Melkote
72	Panohakuta Basti	Kambadahalli
73	Panchalingesvara temple	Govindanahalli
74	Temples	Tonnur
District Shimoga
75	Aghoresvara temple	Ikkeri
76	Anekal temple	Bandalike
77	Somesvara temple	Do
78	Trimurthinarayana temple	Do
79	Bastis and inscriptions	Huncha
80	Bherundersvara temple	Belgavi
81	Kedaresvara temple	Do
82	Tripurantesvara temple	Do
83	Devagana ponds	Basavanabyane
84	Fort	Chennagiri
85	Fort	Kavaledurga
86	Fortress and Renuka temple	Chandragutti
87	Inscribed pillar	Malavalli
88	Inscribed pillar	Talagunda
89	Pranavesvara temple	Do
90	Jain basti with Brahmadeva Pillar	Melagi
91	Kaitabhesvara temple	Kubatur
92	Parsvanatha Basti	Do
93	Ramesvara temple	Do
94	Mallikarjuna and Ramesvara temple	Kadkalsi
95	Musafirkhana and Honda	Santhebennur
96	Palace site outside Fort	Nagar
97	Ramesvara temple	Keladi
98	Ramesvara temple	Kudli
99	Shahji's tomb	Hodigere
100	Shivappa Naik's fort	Nagar
101	Temples and incriptions	Udri
102	Ditto	Kuppagadde
District Tumkur
103	Channigaraya temple	Aralaguppe
104	Fort	Madhugiri
105	Jumma Masjid	Sira
106	Mallik Rihan Darga	Do
107	Kedaresvara temple	Nagalapura
108	Onennakesava temple	Do
PATIALA AND EAST PUNJAB STATES UNION
Bhatinda
1	Bhatinda fort	Bhatinda
District Kondaghat
2	Pinjaur gardens and monuments of Fidai Khan	Pinjaur
RAJASTHAN STATE
*District Alwar*
1	Gumbad Khan-i-Khana	Alwar
2	Siva temple	Do
District Banswara
3	Neel Kantha Mahadeva's temple	Banswara
4	Siva temple and Ruins	Arthuna
5	Sun temple	Talwara
*District Bharatpur*
6	Akbar's Chhatri	Bayana
7	Ancient Fort with its monuments	Do
8	Brahmabad Idgah	Do
9	Islan Shah's Gate	Do
10	Jahangir's Gateway	Do
11	Jhajri	Do
12	Lodhi's Minar	Do
13	Saraj Sad-ul-lah	Do
14	Usha Mandir	Do
15	Chaurasi Khamba temple	Kaman
16	Colossal image of Yaksha	Noh
17	Deeg Bhawans (palace)	Deeg
18	Looted Gun	Do
19	Marble Jhoola	Do
20	Delhi Gate	Bharatpur Fort (outside)
21	Fateh Burj near Anah Gate	Bharatpur
22	Jawahar Burj and ashtadhatu gateway	Bharatpur Fort (inside)
23	Lal Mahal	Rupvas
District Bikaner
24	Bhandasar Jaina Temple	Bikaner
25	Fort Bhatner	Hanumangarh
26	Jain temple of Susani Goddess	Morkhena village
27	Pallu Jaina sculptures	Bikaner
*District Bundi*
28	Wall paintings of Hardoti school in the palace	Bundi
District Dholpur
29	Jogni Jogna temple	Dholpur
30	Sher Garh Fort	Do
*District Dungarpur*
31	Jaina temple inscription	Baroda
32	Somnath temple	Dev Somnath
*District Jaipur*
33	Banjaron ki Chhatri containing two pillars similar to the railing pillars of Bharhut stupa	Lalsote
34	Baori	Abaneri
35	Harsat Mata-ka-Mandir	Do
36	Baories old	Todaraisingh
37	Kala Pahar temple	Do
38	Kalyanraijits temple	Do
39	Laxmi Narainji's temple	Do
40	Pipaji's temple (near dispensary)	Do
41	Bisal Deoji's temple	Bisalpur
42	Fresco paintings in the Ambar Palaces (personal property of the Maharaja)	Ambar
43	Harshnath temple	Harshnath-Sikar
44	Jama Masjid	Ambar
45	Laxmi Narainji's temple	Do
46	Sri Jagat Siromaniji temple	Do
47	Sun temple	Do
48	Hathi Batha	Kakore
49	Inscription in Fort	Nagar
50	Mand Kila tal inscription	Do
51	Yupa pillars in Bichpuria temple	Do
52	Inscription	Panwar
53	Jain temple	Sawai Madhopur Alanpur
54	Persian inscription in a Baori	Do
55	Punderikji Haveli-Paintings in a room	Brahmpure
56	Ranthambhore fort	Ranthambhore
57	Temple containing Fresco paintings	Gultaji
58	Yupa pillars recovered from mounds	Bamala
District Jaisalmer
59	Fort including ancient temples	Jaisalmer
District Jhalawar
60	Buddhist Caves	Hathiagor
61	Buddhist Caves, Pillars, Idols	Kolvi (Dag)
62	Buddhist caves and pillars	Binnayaga (Dag)
63	Caves of Naranjani, etc	Do
64	Old temples near the Chandrabhaga	Jhalrapatan
*District Jodhpur*
65	Fort	Mandore
*District Karauli*
66	Wall paintings in the palaces of Maharaja Gopal lal	Karauli
*District Kotah*
67	Old temples, statues and inscriptions	Shergarh
68	Siva temple and two unpublished Gupta inscriptions	Charchoma
69	Temple (12th century)	Baran
70	Temple, fort wall and statues	Dara or Mukandara
71	Temple with inscriptions	Kanswa
72	Yupa pillars	Badva
*District Udaipur*
73	Fort of Chitor as a whole	Chitor
74	Fort of Kumbhalgarh as a whole	Kumbhalgarh
75	Maha Kal and two other temples	Bijholi
76	Rock inscription (12th century)	Do
77	Sas Bahu temples	Nagada
SAURASHTRA STATE
1	Ananteshwar temple	Anandpur
2	Ashokan Rock	Junagadh
3	Caves	Do
4	Darbargadh Halvad	Halvad
5	Dhank Caves	Dhank
6	Gop temple	Gop
7	House where Mahatma Gandhi was born and Kirti Mandir	Porbandar
8	Inscription in the Harsata Mata temple	Veraval
9	Jain Temples	Talaja
10	Jama Masjid	Veraval
11	Jami Masjid and Rahimat Masjid, Raveli Musjid	Mangrol
12	Navlakha temple and Step well	Ghumli
13	Navlakha temple	Sejakpur
14	Neminath temple with 3 inscriptions V.S. 1333, 35, 39	Mt. Girnar
15	Nilakantha temple	Anandpur
16	Pindara, Durvasa Rishi's Ashram and its site	Pindara
17	Ra Khengar Mahal (temple)	Mt. Girnar
18	Ranak Devi's temple	Wadhwan
19	Sun temple	Than
20	Surya temple	Sutrapada
21	Talaja Caves	Talaja
22	Temples- Adishwar temple Balabhai's temple Chaumukha temple Dalpet Bhai and Bhagu Bhai's shrine Keshwaji Nayak temple Moti Shah's Tuk temple Nandeshwara Dipa temple Panch Pandava temple	Shatrunjay Hil
23	Vastupal Temple	Junagadh
24	Varaha Mandir	Kadwar
District Trichur
1	Mural Paintings (16-1 7th Century) on the walls of the Ten-Kailasanatha temple	Trichur
2	Mural Paintings (16-17th Century) on the walls of the Mattancheri Palace	Mattancheri town
3	Mural Paintings (19-17th Century) on the walls of the Siva Temple	Thiruvanchikularo
4	Mural Paintings (17th-18h Century) on the walls of the Srikoil of the Siva Temple at Chemmanthatta	Eyyal
5	Mural Paintings on the walls of the Srikoil of the Pallimanna temple	Vadakkanchery
6	Mural Paintings on the walls of the Sriramaswami temple at Triprayar	Triprayar
7	Mural Paintings of the 17th-18th century on the walls of the Srikoils of the Siva Temple at Peruvanam; and wooden bracket images of a still earlier period on the Srikoils of the same shrine	Oorakan
8	Twenty-nine wooden bracket images on the outer walls of the Srikoil of the Vishnu temple at Katavallur and other works of art in the same shrine	Katavallur
PART II Archaeological sites and remains
1. All archaeological sites anf remains in Part A States and Part B States which'before the commencement of this Act, have either been declared by theCentral Government to be protected areas or which have been takenpossession of by the Central Government as protected areas.
The followingarchaeological sites and remains in Part B states not covered by Item No. Iimmediately preceding :
HYDERABAD STATE
District Aurangabad
1	Ancient mound	Paithan
District Gulbarga
2	Prehistoric site	Evathalli
3	Ditto	Rajankallur
*District Medak*
4	Ancient mound	Kondspur
*District Raichur*
5	Ancient mound
6	Ancient mound
7	Prehistoric site
District Warangal
8	Prehistoric site	Janampet
MADHYA BHARAT STATE
*District Bhilsa*
1	Ancient site	Besnagar
2	Buddhist stupa	Gyaraspur
3	Ruins of Gupta temple	Udaygiri
District Dhar
4	Ruins in Bhoipura	Mandu
5	Ruins on the west of Rewa Kund	Do
District Newar
6	Excavated site	Kasrawad
District Gird
7	Ancient site	Pawaya
District Ujain
8	Ancient mounds' viz., Bhairon' Gadh' Vaishya Tekri' Kumbhar Tekr	Ujjain
MYSORE STATE
District Bangalore
1	Prehistoric site	Chikjala
2	Ditto	Hejjala
3	Ditto	Managondanahalli
4	Ditto	Sevandurga
*District Chitaldrug*
5	Prehistoric site	Brahmagiri
6	Ditto	Chandravalli
*District Kolar*
7	Prehistoric site
*District Mysore*
8	Prehistoric site	Kittur
RAJASTHAN STATE
District Alwar
1	Ancient remains	Pandrupol
2	Ancient site	Bhangadh
*District Banswara*
3	Ancient remains	Vithal Deva
District Bharatpur
4	Ancient Mound	Malah
5	Ditto	Noh
*District Bikaner*
6	Ancient mounds	Badopal
7	Ditto	Bhadrakali
8	Ditto	Bhannar Theri
9	Ditto	Dhokal
10	Ditto	Manak
11	Ditto	Munda
12	Ditto	Peer Sultan
13	Ditto	Rang Mahal
14	Ancient mounds (3)	Kalibanga
15	Ancient Mound	Pilibanga
16	Ancient Mound	Baror (Anupgarh Tahsil)
17	Ancient mounds (2)	Binjor(Anupgarh Tahsil)
18	Ancient Mound	Chak 86 (Do.)
19	Ancient Mounds (2)	Mathula (Do.)
20	Ancient Mound	Tarkhanewala Dera(Do.)
District Bundi
21	Ancient Mounds	Nainwa, Lakheri and Keshwarai Patan
*District Jaipur*
22	Ancient Mound	Abaneri
23	Ditto	Bundwali-Doongri
24	Ditto	Gariagarh (Newai)
25	Ditto	Maheshra
26	Ditto	Nagar
27	Ditto	Raniwas
28	Ditto	Sikrai
29	Devapura Barodia mounds	Jhalai
30	Excavated site	Nagar
31	Ditto	Rairh (Newai)
32	Excavated sites	Bairat and Sambhar
District Jaisalmer
33	Ancient site	Lodruva Patan
District Jhalawar
34	Ancient ruins	Dalsagar Ganga Dhar
35	Ditto	Dudhaliya (Dag)
District Kotah
36	Ancient ruins and structural remains	Krishnavilas
37	Ruins of temples	Artu or Ganesh Ganj
District Udaipur
38	Ancient ruins	Kalyanpur
39	Ditto	Nagari
40	Ditto	Badoli