Archive · 4 Jan 2026
Antiquities Sharing Between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Limbo
After Telangana was formed in 2014, it and Andhra Pradesh need to share old and important things like coins, sculptures, and paintings.
There are over 1,000 items to divide, including things from the Harappan times and the Nizam's period.
A committee was made to decide how to split them, but it's taking a long time.
Some things from the Nizam's time don't need to be shared, but other items from 1956 to 2014 do.
Both states are working on it, but it's not finished yet.
1,130 antiquities including coins, sculptures, and paintings are yet to be divided between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The items include 209 Harappan sculptures, 1,356 historical paintings, and 5,610 coins.
Under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, these antiquities were to be shared between the two states.
Antiquities from the Nizam’s period (1914–1956) are exempt from division, but artefacts from 1956 to 2014 must be bifurcated.
Both states have formed committees to oversee the division process, with regular review meetings being held.
- Who
- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- What
- Division of antiquities
- When
- After 2014 bifurcation, ongoing
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To share historical artefacts as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
- Total Antiquities to be Divided
- 1,130
- Categories of Antiquities
- Arms, weapons, coins, Bidriware, paintings, bronze objects, textiles, stone sculptures, palm-leaf manuscripts, handwritten works
- Harappan Sculptures
- 209
- Paintings of Historical Importance
- 1,356
- Coins Acquired
- 5,610
- Total Artefacts in Undivided Andhra Pradesh
- 3,23,331
- Antiquities to be Received by Andhra Pradesh
- 49,136
- Nizam’s Period Exemption
- 1914–1956