Explorations

Surface explorations have a vital role to play in bringing to light the nature and the distribution of artifacts or cultures not only in a site but also over a wider region. In fact, one of the primary tasks of an archaeologist is to explore an area or a site for its archaeological potentialities before he undertakes excavation.  Site survey is a preliminary study of the field data available on the surface of a site or an area.

List of Departmental Explorations 1970 TO 2002

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No.

Year Nature of the Site Village District
1 1970-71 Buddhist Dommeru West Godavari
2 -do- Temples Kangundi Chittoor
3 -do- Buddhist Takkellapadu Krishna
4 -do- Temple Adoni Kurnool
5 -do- Temple Jayati Visakhapatnam
6 -do- Fort walls Tondamanu Chittoor
7 -do- Water drawing(French settlement) Pedapulivarru Guntur
8 -do- Temples, inscriptions Pratapakonda, Musalimadugu, Bannur

(Srisailam surrounded)

Kurnool
9 1971-72 Brick structures &

Loose Sculptures

Pennada West Godavari
10 -do- Temples Korukonda East Godavari
11 -do- Temples Patnam Anantapur
12 -do- Temple Allurukona Anantapur
13 -do- Temple Chukkaluru Anantapur
14 1972-73 Mound Siripuram Visakhapatnam
15 -do- Buddhist Mukhalingam Srikakulam
16 -do- Temples Srikakulam Srikakulam
17 -do- Ancient brick &

Loose Sculptures

Deeagahasi Srikakulam
18 -do- Pre-Historic site

(Mesolithic age)

Seethapalli East Godavari

 

19 -do- Mesolithic tools Rampachodavaram & seethapalli East Godavari
20 -do- Jaina images Kajuluru East Godavari
21 -do- Images Sila East Godavari
22 -do- Temple Yeditha East Godavari
23 -do- Temple Kuyyeru East Godavari
24 1973-74 Temple Chinnatumbalam Kurnool
25 -do- Fort & Temples Polukal Kurnool
26 -do- Temples Gadekal Anantapur
27 -do- Temple Veepalaparthy Anantapur
28 -do- Temples and

Buddhist Stupas

Buddagavi Anantapur
29 -do- Fort and temples Konduppi Anantapur
30 -do- Fort Yerragunta Dr Y S R Kadapa
31 -do- Temple Rayachoti Dr Y S R Kadapa
32 1974-75 Pre & proto Historic site Ambapuram Nellore
33 -do- Pre Historic site Padamati palem Nellore
34 -do- Ancient Habitation site Taticherla Prakasam
35 -do- Early Historic site Irlapadu Nellore
36 -do- Mound and temple Dupadu Prakasam
37 -do- Temples Doddavada Prakasam
38 -do- Temples Racharla Prakasam
39 -do- Inscription Anantasagaram Nellore
40 1975-76 Megalithic period Jonnavada Nellore
41    -do- Megalithic period Peddasanagallu Krishna
42 1976-77 Exploration work Dongalasani Dr Y S R Kadapa
43    -do- Early Historic period (Trail exploration) Irlapadu Nellore
44    -do- Buddhist Site

(Trail exploration)

Totlakonda Visakhapatnam
45    -do- Siva temples and Megalithic cairncircles Agarmangalam Chittoor
46    -do- Remains of

stone pillars

Kottagraharam Chittoor
47    -do- Buddhist site Nandaluru Dr Y S R Kadapa
48 1977-78 Temple Gadekal Anantapur
49    -do- Well Nittur Anantapur
50    -do- Temple Pennaahobilam Anantapur
51    -do- Meddle stone age site Kanigiri Prakasam
52    -do- Meddle stone age site Lingareddypalli Prakasam
53    -do- Meddle stone age site Near Dachur Nellore
54    -do- Meddle stone age site Narasimhakonda Nellore
55    -do- Meddle stone age site Venkatachalasatram Nellore
56    -do- Temple

(Veerabadhra swamy)

Rayachoti Dr Y S R Kadapa
57    -do- Temple

(Narasimha swamy)

Jallavandlapalli Dr Y S R Kadapa
58    -do- Temple (siva) Vallur Dr Y S R Kadapa
59    -do- Mulasthanesvara swamy Pottapi Dr Y S R Kadapa
60    -do- Temple Peddachappali Dr Y S R Kadapa
61    -do- Mahankaligadda temple Papanghri Dr Y S R Kadapa
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62 1979-80 Neolithic period Vairadhara Krishna
63 -do- Habitation site

(Early historic)

Lam  Guntur
64 -do- Temples

1.Siva temple

2.Ranganadha

swami Temple

3.Madhumati temple

4.Dattatriya temple

Near Ettipotal,

(Gurajala  taluk)

 

 

 

Guntur

65 -do- Fort & Temples

1.Ghantala

Ramalingeswara temple

2.Venugopala

Swamy Temple

3.sivaTemple

(sivunigudi)

 

Tangedu Guntur
66 -do- Temples (two)

1.Sri kaleswara swamy temple

2.Janardhana

swamy temple

Madugula  Guntur
67 -do- Temples (two)

1.Rupalammagudi

2.Sidheswara lakshmi

Terla (Gurajala) Guntur

 

 

 

68 -do- Habitation site

(Trail exploration)

Chellapadu Nellore

 

69 -do- Temple Pidatalagudipadu Kurnool
70 -do- Fort Survepalli Nellore
71 -do- Pre historic site Sitapalli

(Rampachodavaram)

East Godavari
72 -do- Pre historic site Releswaram East Godavari
73 -do- Buddhist Erravaram East Godavari
74 -do- Temple Rayadurgam East Godavari
75 1980-81 Early historic site Duggirajapatnam Nellore
76 -do- Habitation site Vikralapet Prakasam
77 -do- Old tunnel Nellore (C A M High school) Nellore
78 -do- Pre-Historic site Kotamitta Nellore
79 -do- Temple

(Rajarajeswari)

Veldurthi Kurnool
80 -do- Ramaswamy temple Singanamala Anantapur
81 -do- Cist-burial(locally called Arya Mouryula Illu) Mudigala Anantapur
82 -do- Natural caves Nasanakota Anantapur
83 -do- Collected several ring wells and potsherds Lebaka Dr Y S R Kadapa
84 -do- Patigadda (Mound) Tallapaka Dr Y S R Kadapa
85 -do- Meddle Palaeolithic period & early historic site Gokinakonda Guntur
86 -do- Buddhist stupa Jaggayyapet Krishna
87 -do- Temple (Venkateswara

Swamy)

Thirumalagiri (Jaggayyapet taluk) Krishna
88 -do- Buddhist stupa Dhupadu Krishna
89 -do- Early historic site Pedamadduru (Mangalagiri taluk) Guntur
90 1981-82 Buddhist site Ghantasala Krishna
91 -do- Meddle Palaeolithic site Gollapalli (near tripurantakam) Krishna
92 -do- Meddle Palaeolithic site Madugula Kurnool
93 -do- Neolithic site Gunadala, Vijayawada Krishna
94 -do- Megalithic sit Nandikotkur Kurnool
95 -do- Neolithic-

chalcolithi site

Nandikotkur Kurnool
96 -do- Habitational site (early historic) Kotamitta Nellore
97 -do- Dolmens Chapalamadugu Nellore
98 -do- Surface Explorations Mekavaripalli Chittoor
99 -do- Surface Explorations Mangadu Chittoor
100 -do- Surface Explorations Aghramangalam Chittoor
101 -do- Satavahana site Thondagi East Godavari
102 -do- Temple (Chimbara Swamy) Sitampeta West Godavari
103 -do- Temple

(Sri Mandavya Narayana swamy)

Samarlakota West Godavari
104 -do- Temple

(Kota Satthamma)

Timmarajupalem East Godavari
105 -do- Neolithic site Katamadevuni hill Anantapur
106 -do- Ash-Mounds Itlampalle and Malapuram Anantapur
107 -do- Ash-Mounds Gudikallu, near Emmiganuru Kurnool

 

108 1982-83 Jaina caves and Images Sangamayyakonda, Gollakonda (M)

Amudalavalasa

Srikakulam
109 -do- Burials Kummaragunta near dachur (V) Rapur taluk Nellore
110 -do- Burials Ucchuru (v) Sullurupet taluk Nellore
111 -do- Ash-Mound Rachampalle (V) Ananthapur
112 -do- Ash-Mound Narisinayanikona Ananthapur
113 -do- Burials, Early historic Gullapalayam, Uravakonda Ananthapur
114 1983-84 Early historic site Medapi (V) Tripuranthakam Krishna
115 -do- Palaeolithic period Inavolu Guntur
116 -do- Palaeolithic period Kottapalem(Vinukonda-Markapuram) Guntur
117 -do- Late Achaelean Artifacts Parvathipuram Guntur
118 -do- Middle paleolothic Gollapalli Guntur
119 -do- Palaeolithic tools Yellampalli (near Gundlakamma) Guntur
120 -do- Buddhist Chandavaram Prkasam
121 -do- Temple (Srilakshmi Narayana Swamy) Mattamsariapalli (sompet taluk) Srikakulam
122 -do- Temples Jayati Srikakulam
123 -do- Temple (Sri Potteswra Swamy) jaina Pottangi, Sompet Srikakulam
124 -do- Siva images Talasamudram and vaddadi  Srikakulam
125 -do- Pre-historic Haralgi (V) Vuravakonda Anantapur
126 -do- Stone Epigraphy Peddavadugu, Gutti Anantapur
127 -do- Neolithic period Dayyalakuntapalli (Singanamala) Anantapur
128 -do- Pre-historic site Andepalle (V) kambadur  Anantapur
129 -do- Neolithic period Jambuladinne (V) chinnadandikonda, peddadondakonda (Singanamala) Anantapur
130 -do- Lime stone caves Yerratera/yerrazari Gobbi Kurnool
131 -do- Caves Belum (koilkuntla) Kurnool
132 -do- Early historic Dommaranandalya (Jammalamadugu) Dr Y S R Kadapa
133 -do- Early historic Goriganur Y S R Kadapa
134 -do- Medieval period Naragallu (chittoor) Chittoor
135 1984-85 Mound Patnadi Duggirajapatnam

(yathivridibba (V) Gollavanidibba)

Nellore
136 1985-86  Temple Appikonda Visakhapatnam
137 -do- Megalithic Uchchuru (V) Doravanisatram (M)  Nellore
138 -do- Megalithic Kummaragunta,

Rapur taluk

Nellore
139 -do- Stonage Implements Vidapanakal(v)

Uravankonda

Anantapur
140 -do- Ancient Habitation site Gollapalli (V) Kalahasti (M) Chittoor
141 1986-87 Ancient well Gudluru(V) Mittapalyam(M) Prakasam
142 -do- Temple (Achtyuta Swamy) Kulluru (v) Kaluvayi (m) Nellore
143 -do- Treasure tore Pullalacheruvu Nellore
144 -do- Fort and Temples

1.Sri Chennakesava             Swamy

2.Sri Vemulamma

3.Sri Rama

Kotapadu

(Cuddapah-Madhavaram)

Nellore
145 -do- Temples Mittapalem (Hamlet of kotapadu) Nellore
146 -do- Burial Kolavennu (Kankipadu) Krishna
147 -do- Stone images Maddetipalli (v)

Bantimilli (M)

Krishna
148 -do- Buddhist sculptures Etravaripalem,

Karlapalem (M)

Guntur
149 -do- Ancient settlements

(Cave site Neolithic)

Guttikonda, Sattenapalli Guntur
150 1987-88 Temple structural remains Pathasugamam chipalli (Proddutur) YSR Kadapa
151 -do- Temple Ratnagiri (Tuni) East Godavari
152 -do- Megalithic Burial Lam, Guntur Guntur
153 -do- Early Historic site Maddur (v) Anantapur
154 -do- Neolithic potsherds Megalithic potsherds Varadhara Annavaram, Veeralapadu (M) Krishna
155 -do- Rock brushings Mogalrajapuram, Viajayawada Krishna
156 -do- Lower Palaeolithic implements Tummapalem (v)Medarametla (M) Prakasam
157 -do- Megalithic burials Vaddipadu, donakonda (M) Prakasam
158 -do- Megalithic burials Burrepalem (V) Prakasam
159 -do- Megalithic burials Aamanuru (v) Adanki (M) Prakasam
160 -do- Megalithic burials Manikeswaram Prakasam
161 -do- Temple (few loose sculptures) Reddyganapavaram (v) jeelugumilli(M) West Godavari
162 1988-89 Neolithic implements & Rock shelters(Paintings) Buddagavi (V) Uravakonda(M)

Kutamala hill and Buddhagavi

Anantapur
163 -do- Parsvanadha image Kuntur Anantapur
164 -do- Siva temple Rachayapet (v) Gopavaram (M) Dr Y S R Kadapa
165 -do- Fort and temple (Rama Temple) Ramadurgam(V) Ramachandra (M) East Godavari
166 -do- Mud fort Raghudevapuram (V) Rajahmandry East Godavari
167 -do- Temple (Anandeswara temple) Gangalakuru(V) Ambajipet(M) East Godavari
168 -do- Pre- historic implements Dakkili (V) Venkatagiri (M) Nellore
169 -do- Early historic mould Duvvuru (v) Kovuuru (M) Nellore
170 -do- Early historic site Yelleyapalem (M) Nellore
171 -do- Two habitation sites Yekollu (V) Doravarisatram (M) Nellore
172 -do- Pre historic site Kalluru, Doravarisatram (M) Nellore
173 -do- Rock shelters with Venkateswara temple Vattam (v) Kurnool
174 1989-90 Temple (Venugopala Swamy temple) Vizalapuram (V) Ramakuppam(M) Krishna
175 -do- Early historic sites G. Madhavaram (V) Virulapadu (M) Krishna
176 -do- Early historic sites Kadakallu (V) Vuyyueu (M) Krishna
177 -do- Early historic sites Ghantasala Krishna
178 -do- Early historic sites Vanduru, Mudinepalli Krishna
179 -do- Temple (siva) Madigunta (V) Chintapalli (M) Visakhapatnam
180 -do- Buddhist site Gopalapatnam Visakhapatnam
181 1990-91 Temple (Pulingeswara Swamy) Penumuru (v) Chittoor
182 -do- Temple (Devi) Chennavaram (V) Koduru (M) Dr Y S R Kadapa
183 -do- Early Historic site Gaddamidepalli (v) T.Sundurupalli(M) Dr Y S R Kadapa
184 -do- Buddhist site Sitanagaram (V) Tadepalli (M) Guntur
185 -do- Medieval sites Polavaram Krishna
186 -do- Pre historic and Medieval site Patempadu (V) Chandarlapadu (M) Krishna
187 -do- Caves and Vijayanagar Mandapas Jagannathagutta Kurnool
188 -do- Neolithic habitation site Ramathirtham (V) Chimakurthi (M) Prakasam
189 1991-92 Jaina temple with lose scultures Sanganapalle (V)

Dakkali (M)

Nellore
190 -do- Anthromorphic figures Galagamudi (V)

Manubrolu (M)

Nellore
191 -do- Anthromorphic figures Vedavapalem (V) Nellore
192 -do- Big Rock shelter Or temple dedicates to Jaina Siddulaiah konda Nellore
193 -do- Temple

(Sri Sangameswara)

Muddirthi (V)

Chodavaram (M)

Visakhapatnam
194 -do- Temple

(Dharmalingeswara)

Panchadarla Visakhapatnam
195 -do- Buddhist site Pavuralakonda (V)

Bhimunipatnam (M)

Visakahapatnam
196 -do- Meghalthi burial Kalluru (V)

Kuruchedu

Prakasam
197 -do- Two Shiva temples Siddhone Konduru (v)

Jaladhanki (M)

Prakasam
198 1993-94 Pot sherds (early and medoval period) Parvalli (V) Anantapur
199 1994-95 Cave site Enugugavi (V)

Kunduri (M)

Anantapur
200 -do- Laxmi Narsimhaswamy temple Pennaprurkona (V)

Ontimitta (M)

Dr Y S R Kadapa
201 -do- Narsimhaswamy temple Jallawandlapalli (V) Dr Y S R Kadapa

 

202 1995-96 Pre-Proto and early historic pot shards Ratnagiri Fort Anantapur
203 -do- Ruined stone fort Kokkanti (V) Kadiri (M) Anantapur

 

204 -do- Laxmi Narsimhaswamy temple Kokkanti (V) Kadiri (M) Anantapur
205 -do- Dilaparated Vaishnavite temple Lakumammagutta (V)

Kadidri (M)

Anantapur
206 -do- Fort and Ramport walls Kutagulla (V) Kadiri(M) Anantapur
207 1996-97 AtmaRamachandra Swamy Temple Siriganamala (V)&(M)

 

Anantapur
208 -do- Caves and Rock shelters Vedapanakallu (V)

Uravakonda (M)

Anantpur
209 -do- Caves along with temples Salakonacheruvu (V)

Singanamala (M)

Anantapur
210 -do- Early historic mounts Sasanikota (V) Parigi (M) Anantapur
211 1997-98 Cave temple (Gattumallappa) Chadum (V)

 

Anantapur
212 -do- Megalithic Burials Adiguppa (V) Anantapur
213 1998-99 Siva Temple (Trikuta) Kilimigundla (V) Karnool
214 -do- Ruined temple locally known as Bujadavsi gutta Damaraya (V) Nellore
215 -do- Buddha image and Bricks Kunturu (V) Nellore
216 1999-

2000

Megalthic cairns Gullapalem

(near Guntakal)

Anantapur
217 -do- Megalthic burials Mulakanur (Kalyandurgam) Anantapur
218 -do- Megalthic burials Papampalli (V) Anantapur
219 -do- Siva temple(Dilaparated condition) Devudugonde

Devipatnam (M)

East Godavari
220 -do- 1.Sri Amrutheswara

swamy temple

2.Sarumudamma temple

Peduru (V) T.P.gudem(M) Nellore
221 -do- Cist burials Addanki Prakasam
222 -do- Early historic site (Hillocks) Chintalapalem (V)

Kisimkoti(M)

Visakhapatnam
223 -do- Brick walls (15th CAD) Mukhalingam (V) Srikakulam
224 -do- Lose Cultures Shikaruganj (V) Vijayanagaram