Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology

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Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology

தமிழ்நாடு அரசு தொல்லியல் துறை
Formation	1961
Type	Governmental organization
Headquarters	Tamil Valarchi Valaagam, Thamizh Salai, Egmore, Chennai
Location	Chennai
Region	Tamil Nadu
Commissioner	T. Udhayachandran[1]
Parent organisation	Government of Tamil Nadu
Staff	263[2]
Website	tnarch.gov.in

Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) is the archaeology department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1961, the department is headed by an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer with the designation Commissioner for Archaeology and conducts archaeological excavations in the state of Tamil Nadu.