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The Central Government declares the Painted Rock Shelter at Isko, Barkagaon, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, to be an ancient monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

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The Ministry of Culture (Archaeological Survey of India) issued Notification S.O. 2975(E) on July 2, 2025, declaring the 'Painted Rock Shelter' located in Isko, Barkagaon, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, as an ancient monument of national importance. This declaration by the Central Government is made in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958). This action follows a previous notification, S.O. 4512(E) dated October 15, 2024, which provided two months' notice of the Central Government's intention to make this declaration, as required by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the same Act. Copies of the prior notification were made available to the public on October 15, 2024, and no objections were received. The monument, described in the annexed Site Plan and Schedule, is owned by the Govt. of Jharkhand, encompasses an area of 13.80 acres, and is identified by Revenue Survey Khata 37, Plot No. 413 (Part), with its boundaries defined by Plot No. 413 on all sides. The notification was signed by Yadubir Singh Rawat, Director General.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-03072025-264353 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2908] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2025/ASHADHA 12, 1947 MINISTRY OF CULTURE (Archaeological Survey of India) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd July, 2025 S.O. 2975(E).— Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Culture (Archaeological Survey of India), number S.O. 4512(E), dated the 15th October, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 15th October, 2024, the Central Government gave two months notice of its intention to declare the ancient monument specified in the Site Plan and the Schedule to the said notification to be of national importance and a copy of the said notification was affixed in a conspicuous place near the said monument, as required by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958); And whereas copies of the said notification were made available to the public on the 15th October, 2024; And whereas no objections from the public have been received by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), the Central Government hereby declares that the ancient monument specified in the Site Plan and Schedule annexed hereto, to be of national importance. SITE PLAN OF PAINTED ROCK SHELTER, ISKO, BARKAGAON, DISTRICT HAZARIBAGH, JHARKHAND LIMIT OF PROTECTED MONUMENT SCHEDULE +-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ | State | District | Tahsil | Locality | Name of Monument | Revenue Survey numbers included | Area | Ownership | Boundaries | | | | | | | under protection | (in Acre) | | | | | | | | | Khata | Plot No. | | | | +-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | +-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ | Jharkhand | Hazaribagh | Barkagaon | Isko | Painted Rock | 37 | 413 | 13.80 | Govt. of | North: | | | | | | Shelter | | (Part) | | Jharkhand | Plot No. | | | | | | | | | | | 413 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South: | | | | | | | | | | | Plot No. | | | | | | | | | | | 413 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | East: | | | | | | | | | | | Plot No. | | | | | | | | | | | 413 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | West: | | | | | | | | | | | Plot No. | | | | | | | | | | | 413 | +-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ | Total Area| | | | | | | 13.80 Acre | | | +-----------+------------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-------+-------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+ [F. No. T-19012/20/2021-M] YADUBIR SINGH RAWAT, Director General Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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