Some official information to begin with......
India has 3667 national monuments as on May 1, 2007 and the list is growing:
The list of Centrally Protected Monuments and sites under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India in different States are as follows:
States and Nos. of Monuments
Andhra Pradesh [137] Arunachal Pradesh [05] Assam [53] Bihar [70] Chhattisgarh [47]
Daman & Diu (U. T.) [12] Goa [21] Gujarat [202] Haryana [90] Himachal Pradesh [40]
Jammu & Kashmir [69] Jharkhand [12] Karnataka [507] Kerala [26] Madhya Pradesh [286]
Maharashtra [286] Manipur [01] Meghalaya [08] Nagaland [04] N.C.T. Delhi [175] Orissa [78] Pondicherry (U.T.) [07] Punjab [31] Rajasthan [162] Sikkim [03] Tamilnadu [413] Tripura [05] Uttar Pradesh [742] Uttaranchal [042] West Bengal [133]
Grand Total = 3667
The list of Centrally Protected Monuments and sites under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India in different States are as follows:
States and Nos. of Monuments
Andhra Pradesh [137] Arunachal Pradesh [05] Assam [53] Bihar [70] Chhattisgarh [47]
Daman & Diu (U. T.) [12] Goa [21] Gujarat [202] Haryana [90] Himachal Pradesh [40]
Jammu & Kashmir [69] Jharkhand [12] Karnataka [507] Kerala [26] Madhya Pradesh [286]
Maharashtra [286] Manipur [01] Meghalaya [08] Nagaland [04] N.C.T. Delhi [175] Orissa [78] Pondicherry (U.T.) [07] Punjab [31] Rajasthan [162] Sikkim [03] Tamilnadu [413] Tripura [05] Uttar Pradesh [742] Uttaranchal [042] West Bengal [133]
Grand Total = 3667
Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India
