The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has released a list of Centrally-protected monuments in the country, including four in Nagaland, for which the Union Ministry of Culture is considering Central funds for protection and preservation of the heritage sites. The Ministry of Culture said in an official release recently, "the details of the expenditure is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House." Nagaland has four of her monuments-- one in Dimapur and three in Kohima--in the list of Centrally- protected monuments in the country, as outlined in the release of the Ministry. The country had 3,676 Centrally-protected monuments or heritage sites, including 507 in Karnataka alone and declared as being of national importance under the provision of Section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. A copy of the release said the Archaeological Survey of India looks after the maintenance, conservation, preservation and environmental development in and around these Centrally- protected monuments in accordance with the norms. The list did not spell out details about the monuments except for their number. Nonetheless, the ASIs site mentioned the remains of a fort in Dimapur, most possibly the Kachari Ruins, also called the Dimapur Ruins. The second monument was stated as a memorial for British soldiers G H Damout, Major Cook and Subedar Nurbir Sahi who fell to Japanese soldiers at Khonoma village near Kohima during World War II; a Stone Cairn to the memory of Damut and the fourth monument Lt H Forbes Grave, also in Kohima.