Plenty of hills / hillocks dense forests and several rivers of Jharkhand has made it a suitable abode for human being since long. Obviously, a number of pre-historic sites are present in the valleys of Jharkhand. Specially, in Damodar valley, we get a lot of pre-historic sites from where a lot of stone tools belonging from Early Stone Age to Neolithic times have been found. Archaeological explorations, continuously bringing to light, a number of new stone age sites. Sites of Proto-historic and historic periods have also been found in adequate number.

The Archaeology Sector is responsible for exploration, excavation, recording and publication of such sites apart from conducting scientific conservation of the monuments. In the three years of the creation of the state, the archaeology sector has conducted explorations in Ranchi, Dhanbad and Bokaro districts. The exploration report of Ranchi district has already been published. Survey of several monuments like Maluti Temples (Dumka), Jagannath Temple (Ranchi) and Tanginath Temple (Gumla) have been completed and the detailed survey reports have been published by the Department. Several monuments of the state have been declared protected by the State Government. License for archaeological excavation have been obtained from the Archaeological Survey of India and the excavation at Guhiapal Village in Bahragora bock of East Singbhum has been completed. The site has yielded an interesting result with a number of remakable antiquities and a lot of potteries belonging to different periods, the earliest are going back to chalcolithic period. This seems to be a site flourishing during early historic period which may throw new light on the history of the state. The excavation report is being prepared.

The conservation works are also being carried out at several sites. Scientific conservation of important monuments is also going on in collaboration with the Ranchi Centre of the Archaeological Survey of India. Some of the sites where conversation works are going on are Maluti Temple, Palamu Fort, Tanginath Temple, Haradih Temple etc...

Under the educational programme, the archaeological photo exhibition in schools and elsewhere have become very popular. Research projects also have been taken up with the help of prominent historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and other scholars.

In the field of Museum, a new State Museum is in offing apart from two existing museums situated at Ranchi and Dumka respectively. Educational Programmes for school children and seminars etc... are being carried out. Establishing of Personalia Museums is also being considered and negotiated are on for establishing Bibhuti Bhushan Badopadhyaya Memorial Museum at Ghatshila.

Thus, when we take a stock of the Department of Art, Culture Sports and Youth Affairs, we feel satisfied that the activities of the Department are proceeding in right direction and at right pace.