The Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Culture, Government of India declared in 1976 and 1979, the works of the following nine artists "not being antiquities, to be art treasures, having regard to their artistic and aesthetic value."
December 1, 1976 : Rabindranath Tagore, Amrita Sher-Gil, Jamini Roy and Nandalal Bose.
August 10, 1979 : Ravi Varma, Gaganendranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Sailoz Mookherjea and Nicholas Roerich.
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Raja Ravi Varma