Digitial Heritage in Education
Digitial Heritage in Education
The Government of India has established the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) in 2007 to prepare two national registers on monuments and antiquities across the country. So far, NMMA has documented and published data for 11,406 Built Heritage & Sites and 12,41,349 Antiquities. State-wise data is attached in (Annexure-I). The above data is uploaded on the NMMA website: http://nmma.nic.in.
Digital data is publicly accessible on the NMMA website http://nmma.nic.in. At present, data is in English for universal access.
ASI is using some of scientific instruments/ techniques like portable XRF (X-ray Fluorescence), RAMAN Spectroscopy, FTIR Spectroscopy (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), Polarised Microscope, IR Camera (Infrared Camera), UV Spectrophotometer (Ultraviolet-visible Spectrophotometer), TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) etc. for preservation works of monuments, heritage sites, antiquities in the country.
NMMA is conducting workshops in various regions to raise awareness and provide training programs to universities, colleges, NGOs, and other interested organizations, in coordination with Circle Offices. State-Level Implementation Committee (SLIC) have also been set up to speed up the documentation work.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
Annexure-I
State wise Antiquities published on NMMA website as on 28thJuly 2025
S. No.
State
Total Data
1
Andhara Pradesh
6229
2
Assam
1880
3
Bihar
6264
4
Chandigarh
778
5
Chhatisgarh
312
6
Delhi
425059
7
Goa
701
8
Gujarat
46229
9
Haryana
298547
10
Himachal Pradesh
3974
11
Jammu and Kashmir
93430
12
Jharkhand
361
13
Karanataka
904
14
Kerala
906
15
Madhya Pradesh
4889
16
Maharashtra
164973
17
Mizoram
684
18
Orissa
8113
19
Punjab
84862
20
Rajasthan
42606
21
Tamil Nadu
3931
22
Telangana
2598
23
Union Territory of Ladakh
7
24
Utatrakhand
416
25
Uttar Pradesh
37527
26
West Bengal
5168
Total
1241348
State wise Built Heritage & Sites data published on NMMA website as on 28thJuly 2025
S. No.
State Name
Total Data
1
Andhra Pradesh
1788
2
Bihar
20
3
Chhattisgarh
60
4
Delhi
872
5
Gujarat
46
6
Haryana
1
7
Himachal Pradesh
280
8
Jammu & Kashmir
292
9
Karnataka
312
10
Kerala
174
11
Madhya Pradesh
749
12
Maharashtra
32
13
Odisha
2015
14
Punjab
687
15
Rajasthan
2160
16
Tamil Nadu
922
17
Telangana
629
18
Tripura
4
19
Uttar Pradesh
228
20
West Bengal
135
Total