Telangana to throw new light on its archaeological splendor

The new state of Telangana wants to rediscover the archaeological splendor of the region as it embarks on creating a comprehensive data bank on the explored and unexplored sites, inscriptions and monuments.
Telangana's Department of Archaeology and Museums is all set to spearhead an in-depth exploration of archaeological sites and monuments in the state that came into being on June 2 last year and look for possible new sites and inscriptions, officials said.
As part of the ambitious venture, an extensive re-survey would be carried out soon in all 10 districts of the state by engaging research teams, involving history students, who would study samples through field survey of the sites in different places, they said.

"There is a need to conduct re-survey of all 10 districts, so as to build a comprehensive data bank on the explored and unexplored monuments, sites, inscriptions and heritage buildings. It is proposed to create a data bank on sites, monuments, inscriptions and heritage buildings in the state as a project on top priority," Director of Archaeology and Museums (Telangana) B Srinivas told PTI.
"The aim of the project is to document all 336 protected monuments of Telangana state with their location, description, inscription and sculptural evidences along with photographs, so as to know the exact number of the monuments and archaeological sites and remains and also to identify new sites, inscriptions and monuments in the state," he said.

The objective of this project is to collect complete data which would be utilised by the department for revising the list of protected monuments and sites.
"The new sites which are collected by the explorers, on the basis of their archaeological potentiality, will be proposed for excavation to fill the gaps in the history of Telangana state," Srinivas said.