GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2461
ANSWERED ON-04.08.2025
ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM IN SINAULI-TILWARA REGION OF BAGHPAT
✝2461. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Sinauli-Tilwara region under Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh
is a significant site of the Indus Valley Civilization;
(b)...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2461 ANSWERED ON-04.08.2025 ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM IN SINAULI-TILWARA REGION OF BAGHPAT ✝2461. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Sinauli-Tilwara region under Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh is a significant site of the Indus Valley Civilization;
(b) whether excavations carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India at this site have yielded evidence such as chariots, human skeletons and horse remains taken to be crucial signifier of Vedic-era presence and if so, the details of the measures taken to preserve these remains; and
(c) whether the Government has any proposal to establish a museum in the Sinauli and Tilwara region of Baghpat for the preservation and display of these invaluable evidence and if so, the time by which it is likely to be carried out and if not, the reasons therefor including the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(a) Sinauli-Tilwara has yielded significant archaeological remains of Chalcolithic culture.
(b) Excavations conducted at Sinauli and Tilwara have yielded a number of skeletons, chariots and other artifacts of Chalcolithic culture. However, no horse remains were reported.
The excavated objects are kept under safe custody with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
(c) No such proposal is under consideration. Artifacts found from excavations are duly documented and preserved by the ASI for research and study. *****