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Sl. No.	Name of Monument / Sites	Location	District
1.	Chandraketu's Fort	Berachampa	24 Parganas (North)
2.	Ancient mound known as Barah Mihirer Dhipi also known as Khana Mihirer Dhibi	Deulia & Kaukipara	24 Parganas (North)
3.	Clive's House Dum Dum known as Barakothi	Dum Dum	24 Parganas (North)
4.	26 Siva Temples	Barrakpore - Khardah	24 Parganas (North)
5.	Warren Hasting's House	Barasat	24 Parganas (North)
6.	Jhater Deul Temple	Jhata	24 Parganas (South)
7.	Ancient Temple	Bahulara	Bankura
8.	Dalmadal Gun and the platform on which it is mounted	Bishnupur	Bankura
9.	Gate of Old Fort	Bishnupur	Bankura
10.	Jore Mandir	Bishnupur	Bankura
11.	Jore Bangla Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
12.	Kalachand Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
13.	Lalji Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
14.	Madan Gopal Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
15.	Madan Mohan Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
16.	Malleswar Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
17.	Murali Mohan Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
18.	Nanda Lal Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
19.	Patpur Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
20.	Radha Binod Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
21.	Radha Gobinda Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
22.	Radha Madhab Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
23.	Radha Shyam Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
24.	Rasmancha	Bishnupur	Bankura
25.	Shyam Rai Temple	Bishnupur	Bankura
26.	Small sateway of fort	Bishnupur	Bankura
27.	Stone chariot	Bishnupur	Bankura
28.	Saileswar Temple	Dihar	Bankura
29.	Sareswar Temple	Dihar	Bankura
30.	Temple of Radha Damodar Jew	Ghatgoria	Bankura
31.	Gokul Chand Temple	Gokulnagar	Bankura
32.	Temple of Ratneswar	Jagannath pur	Bankura
33.	Temple of Shyam Sunder	Madanpur	Bankura
34.	Temple site now represented only by a mound and a statue of Surya	Pareshnath	Bankura
35.	Temple site of an old Jain Temple now represented only by a Mound with a Jain statue	Pareshnath	Bankura
36.	Image of Durga slaying Mahisasura under a tree	Sarengarh	Bankura
37.	Temple site now represented only by a mound	Sarengarh	Bankura
38.	Temple site now represented only by a Mound with statues of Ganesh and Nandi on it	Sarengarh	Bankura
39.	Temple site now represented only by a mound with an Image of Nandi on it	Sarengarh	Bankura
40.	Rock Inscription of Chandra Varman	Susunia Hill	Bankura
41.	Temple of Radha Binod commonly known as Joydeb	Joydeb-Kenduli	Birbhum
42.	Temple of Dharmaraj	Kubilashpur	Birbhum
43.	Two mounds	Bhadeswar	Birbhum
44.	Temple of Basuli and the mound together with fourteen other temples near them containing the Linga images of Shiva	Nanoor	Birbhum
45.	Temple and Rasmancha (Damodar Temple)	Suri	Birbhum
46.	Two ancient temples (joined together)	Baidyapur	Burdwan
47.	Rudreswar Temple	Bamunara	Burdwan
48.	Group of four Ancient Temples	Begunia	Burdwan
49.	Tomb of Baharam Sakka, Sher Afghan and Nawab Qutabuddin	Burdwan	Burdwan
50.	Stone Temple	Garui	Burdwan
51.	Temple of Ichai Ghosh	Gourangpur	Burdwan
52.	Ancient site	Nadhia	Burdwan
53.	Jain brick temple known as Sat-Deul	Deulia	Burdwan
54.	Group of temples (12 nos. temples) (i) 1 Bijoy Vaidyanath Temple (ii) 2 Giri Gobardhan Temple (iii) 3 Gopalji Temple, (iv) Jaleswar Temple (v) Krishna Chandraji Temple (vi) Lalji Temple, (vii) Nava-Kailasha Temple (viii) Pancharatna Temple (ix) Pratapeswar Siva Temple in Rajbari compound (x) Rameswar Temple, (xi) Ratneswar Temple (xii) Rupeswar Temple	Kalna	Burdwan
55.	Ancient site and remains of Panduk Rajar Dhipi	Panduk	Burdwan
56.	Ancient mound	Bharatpur	Burdwan
57.	Cooch Behar Palace	Cooch Bihar	Cooch Bihar
58.	Rajpath Site	Khalsa Gasanimari	Cooch Behar
59.	Tomb of Alexander-Cosma de Koros	Darjeeling	Darjeeling
60.	Tomb of General Llyod	Darjeeling	Darjeeling
61.	Dargah of Shah Ata	Ganga rampur	Dinajpur (South)
62.	Mounds	Bangarh (Ganga rampur)	Dinajpur (West)
63.	Haneswari and Vasudev temples	Bansberia	Hooghly
64.	Dutch Cemetery together with all tombs & monuments contained therein	Chinsurah	Hooghly
65.	Dutch Memorial monument of Susan Anna Maria	Chinsurah	Hooghly
66.	Group of temples known as Brindaban Chandra's Math	Guptipara	Hooghly
67.	Mounds	Mahanad	Hooghly
68.	Minar	Pandua	Hooghly
69.	Mosque	Pandua	Hooghly
70.	Mosque & Tombs	Satgaon	Hooghly
71.	i) Danish Cemetery ii) All ancient structures, all tombs stone monument remains and inscriptions within the area enclosed by the said walls	Serampore	Hooghly
72.	Shrine and Mosque known as Dargah of Zafar Khan Gazi	Tribeni	Hooghly
73.	Dupleix Palace(Institute de Chandan Nagar)	Chandan Nagar	Hooghly
74.	Sri Mayer Ghat	Howrah	Howrah
75.	Metcalfe Hall	Kolkata	Kolkata
76.	St. John's Church (Fabrics of the Church) (final notification not issued)	Kolkata	Kolkata
77.	Currency Building	Dalhousie Square	Kolkata
78.	Asiatic Society Building	Park Street	Kolkata
79.	Maghen David Synagogue	Ward No. 45	Kolkata
80.	Beth-el-Synagogue	Pollock Street	Kolkata
81.	Adina Mosque	Pandua (Adina)	Malda
82.	Baisgazi Wall	Gaur	Malda
83.	Baraduary Masjid or the Great Golden Mosque	Gaur	Malda
84.	Bhita of Chand Sadagar	Gaur	Malda
85.	Chamkati Masjid	Gaur	Malda
86.	Chika Masjid	Gaur	Malda
87.	Dakhil darwaza	Gaur	Malda
88.	Firoz Minar	Gaur	Malda
89.	Gumti Gateway	Gaur	Malda
90.	Gunmant Mosque	Gaur	Malda
91.	Kotwali Darwaja	Gaur	Malda
92.	Lottan Masjid	Gaur	Malda
93.	Lukachuri Gateway	Gaur	Malda
94.	Qadam Rasul Mosque	Gaur	Malda
95.	Tomb of Fateh Khan	Gaur	Malda
96.	Tantipara Masjid	Gaur	Malda
97.	Two tombs in front of Tantipura Masjid	Gaur	Malda
98.	Two stone pillars	Gaur	Malda
99.	Tower	Nimasarai	Malda
100.	Eklakhi Mausoleum	Pandua	Malda
101.	Qutub Shahi Masjid	Pandua	Malda
102.	Dharmaraj Temple	Pathra	Midanapur
103.	Temples of Bandyopadhyay Family	Pathra	Midanapur
104.	Sitala Temples	Pathra	Midanapur
105.	Navratna Temple Complex	Pathra	Midanapur
106.	Kurambera Fort	Gaganeswar	Midnapore
107.	John Pierce Tomb	Midnapore	Midnapore
108.	Tomb of Azimunnisha Begum daughter of Murshid Quli Khan	Azimnagar	Murshidabad
109.	Residency Cemetery also known as ‘Station Burial ground'	Babulbona Beharampore	Murshidabad
110.	Bhavaniswar Mandir	Baranagar	Murshidabad
111.	Char Bangla group of four Siva Mandirs	Baranagar	Murshidabad
112.	Tomb of Mir Mardan	Faridpur	Murshidabad
113.	Dutch Cemetery	Kalikapur	Murshidabad
114.	Old English Cemetery or Old Residency Burial Ground	Kashim Bazar	Murshidabad
115.	Mosque	Kheraul	Murshidabad
116.	Tomb of Alivardi Khan & the tomb of Seraj-ud-daullah	Khosbag	Murshidabad
117.	Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound	Panchthupi	Murshidabad
118.	Mounds known as the Devil's Mound and Raja Karna's Palace	Rangamati	Murshidabad
119.	Tomb of Sujauddin	Roshnibag	Murshidabad
120.	Tomb & Mosque of Murhsid Kuli Khan	Sabz Katra	Murshidabad
121.	Jahan Kosa Gun	Topkhana	Murshidabad
122.	Hazarduari Palace & Imambara (Murshidabad)	Killa Nizamat	Murshidabad
123.	South Gate, Kella Nezamat	Lalbag	Murshidabad
124.	Imambara, Kella Nezamat	Lalbag	Murshidabad
125.	White Mosque, Kella Nezamat	Lalbag	Murshidabad
126.	Yellow Mosque, Kella Nezamat	Lalbag	Murshidabad
127.	Tripolia Gate, Kella Nizamat	Lalbag	Murshidabad
128.	Nil Kuthi Mound	Mouza Chak ,Chandpara	Mursidabad
129.	Mound known as Bahanpukur Mound or Fort	Bamanpukur	Nadia
130.	Ruins of Fort	Bamanpukur	Nadia
131.	Temple	Palpara	Nadia
132.	Tamluk Rajbati	Padumbasan, Tamluk	Purba Medinipur
133.	Old Temple at Banda	Banda	Purulia

Excavations - Since Independence - West Bengal

Site	Year(s)	Excavated by	Reference
Ballal Dipi	1982-83 to 1984-85; 1985-86; 1986-87	ASI	I AR 1982-83, p. 105; 1983-84, pp. 94-95 & 1984-85, p. 99; 1985-86, pp. 88-90; 1986-87, pp. 99-100
Bharatpur	1971-72 to 1974-75	ASI & Burdwan University	IAR 1971-72, p. 50; 1972-73, pp. 36-37; 1973-74, pp. 32-33 &1974-75, p. 51.
Birbhanpur	1953-54 & 1956-57	ASI	IAR 1953-54, p. 6 & 1956-57, p. 15.
Chandraketugarh	1956-57 to 1966-67	Calcutta University	IAR 1956-57, pp. 29-30; 1957-58, p. 51-53; 1958-59, pp. 55-56; 1959-60, pp. 50-52; 1960-61, pp. 39-40; 1961-62, pp. 62-63; 1962-63, pp. 46-47; 1963-64, pp. 63-65; 1964-65, pp. 52-53; 1965-66, pp. 59-60 & 1966-67, p. 48.
Dihar	1983-84 & 1984-85; 1993-94	Calcutta University	IAR 1983-84, pp. 92-93 &1984-85, pp. 92-95.; 1993-94, p. 121
Goswamikhanda	1963-64	Bihar State Archaeology	IAR 1963-64, pp. 60-61.
Haraipur	1964-65	ASI	IAR 1964-65, p. 46.
Hathikera	1986-87	VBU, Santiniketan	IAR 1986-87, pp. 94-95
Kotasur	1986-87; 1987-88	VBU, Santiniketan	IAR 1986-87, pp. 95-96; 1987-88, pp. 110-111
Laljal	1982-83	West Bengal State Archaeology	IAR 1982-83, p. 104.
Mahisadal	1963-64	ASI	IAR 1963-64, pp. 59-60.
Mangolkot	1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90	Calcutta University	IAR 1986-87, pp. 96-98; 1987-88, pp. 111-114; 1988-89, pp. 90-91; 1989-90, pp. 108-110
Nanur	1963-64	ASI	IAR 1963-64, p. 60.
Pandu Rajar Dhibi	1961-62 to 1964-65; 1984-85	West Bengal State Archaeology	IAR 1961-62, pp, 59-62; 1962-63, pp. 43-46; 1963-64, pp. 61-62; 1964-65, pp. 46-48; 1984-85, pp. 97-98.
Rajbadi-Danga	1962-63 to 1964-65; 1966-67; 1968-69; 1971-71; 1972-73; 1981-82	Calcutta University	IAR 1962-63, p. 46; 1963-64, pp. 62-63; 1964-65, pp. 48-51; 1966-67, pp. 46-47; 1968-69, p. 43; 1971-72, pp. 50-51; 1972-73, pp. 37-38; 1981-82, p. 75.
Tamluk	1954-55; 1973-74	ASI	IAR 1954-55, pp. 19-20; 1973-74, p. 33.
Tildah	1954-55	Calcutta University	IAR 1954-55, p. 23.