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Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. ….4 4, a. “ancient monuments” means any structure, erection or monument or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith, which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years and includes: i. The remains of an ancient monument, ii. the site of an ancient monument, iii. such portion of land adjoining the site of an ancient monuments as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving such monument iv. the gardens, if any, appurtenant to an ancient monument, and v. The means of access to, and convenient inspection of an ancient monuments; but does not include any ancient or historical monument declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance; b. “antiquity” includes i. any coin, sculpture, manuscript, epigraph, or other work of art or craftsmanship, ii. any article, object or thing detached from a building or cave, iii. any article, object or thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or polities in bygone ages, iv. any article, object or thing of historical interest, and v. any article, object or thing declared by the Government, by notification, to be an antiquity for the purpose of this Act, which has been in existence for not than one hundred years; …..5