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Department of Heritage Telangana

(Formerly Archaeology & Museums)

Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture Department

Explorations

Bringing to light the structural, cultural and settlement patterns of Telangana's archaeological sites.

The main aim of conducting excavations is to bring out the structural, cultural, and settlement patterns of archaeological sites.

After the formation of the Telangana State, the Department conducted six excavations between 2014 and 2019. These include Megalithic sites at Pullurubanda, Narmetta, and Palamakula in Siddipet District; an Early Historic site at Pajjur in Nalgonda District; Peddabonkur in Peddapalli District; and Phanigiri in Suryapet District.

These excavations have brought to light unique and rare antiquities for the first time in the history of Telangana archaeology.

The Buddhist site at Phanigiri is the only extensive monastic complex in Telangana, on par with the Buddhist site at Nagarjunakonda in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.