https://indianpedia.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=2409%3A4071%3AD04%3AE7F%3A0%3A0%3AA2CA%3A3306IndianPedia - User contributions [en]2026-07-31T17:45:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Karnataka_State_Department_of_Archaeology&diff=322855Karnataka State Department of Archaeology2022-04-27T07:26:01Z<p>2409:4071:D04:E7F:0:0:A2CA:3306: </p>
<hr />
<div>'''Karnataka State Department of Archaeology''' is a department of the [[Government of Karnataka]] which oversees archaeological exploration and maintenance of heritage sites in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. Established in 1885, as the Archaeological Department of the [[Kingdom of Mysore|princely state of Mysore]], [[B. Lewis Rice]] was its first Director General. In the last years of the 19th century, the department published the inscriptions of Mysore as a multiple volume ''[[Epigraphia Carnatica]]''. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox organisation<br />
| name =State Archaeology Department of Karnataka<br />
| image =<br />
| image_border = <br />
| caption =<br />
| map = <!-- optional --><br />
| mcaption = <!-- optional --><br />
| abbreviation =KSA<br />
| motto =<br />
| motto meaning in Hindi = <br />
| motto meaning in English =<br />
| formation = 1885<br />
| founder =<br />
| extinction = <!-- date of extinction, optional --><br />
| type = [[Governmental organization]]<br />
| status = <!-- ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc --><br />
| purpose = <!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc --><br />
| headquarters =<br />
| location =<br />
| coords = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --><br />
| region_served = Karnataka<br />
| membership = <br />
| language =Kannada<br />
| leader_title =<br />
| leader_name = <br />
| main_organ = <!-- gral. assembly, board of directors, etc --><br />
| parent_organisation =Ministry of Culture (Karnataka)<br />
| affiliations =[[Archaeological Survey of India]]<br />
| num_staff = <br />
| num_volunteers = <br />
| budget =<br />
|website ={{URL|www.archaeology.karnataka.gov.in}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The most prominent archaeologist associated with the Karnataka State Department of Archaeology was [[M. S. Nagaraja Rao]] who later went on to head the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department]]<br />
* [[Kerala State Archaeology Department]]<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:State archaeology departments of India]]<br />
[[Category:1885 establishments in India]]</div>2409:4071:D04:E7F:0:0:A2CA:3306