Archaeological

The main archaeological sites of the state include:

• Tawang Monastery, Tawang
• Malinithan Temple, Likabali
• Dirang Dzong, West Kameng
• Ita Fort, Itanagar
• Dimachung-Betali, West Kameng
• Bhismaknagar Fort, Roing
• Tezu Fort, Tezu
• Bolung Fort, Bolung
• Gomsi Fort, East Siang
• Rukmini Fort, Roing
• Naksha Parbat ruins, East Kameng

Tawang Monastery

Tawang Monastery, located in Tawang city of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, is the largest monastery in India and second largest in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

It is situated in the valley of the Tawang River, near the small town of the same name in the northwestern part of Arunachal Pradesh, in close proximity to the Tibetan and Bhutanese border.

Tawang Monastery is known in Tibetan as Gaden Namgyal Lhatse, which translates to "celestial paradise in a clear night." It was founded by Merak Lama Lodre Gyatso in 1680-1681 in accordance with the wishes of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso.

Malinithan Temple

Malinithan is an archaeological site which consists of ruins of a Hindu temple of the early 

medieval period on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The archaeological studies of the ruins indicate that the temple was built with granite stones during 

the period of hinduism influence in the region, distinct from the other temples in the northeastern region built with bricks. It was built by Chutiya king Lakshminarayan in the early 15th century.

This was the period when the Chutiya kings had started setting Brahmins in different areas of their kingdom offering them land grants. Durga/Kechai-Khaiti is believed to be the chief deity who was worshipped in the ruined temple in her Shakthi form.

Dirang Dzong

Ancient village set up by the Monpa tribe that dates back to more than 500years.

The fort dzong was built in the 17th century.

Ita Fort

Ita Fort in Itanagar town, is one of the most important historical sites in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The name literally means "Fort of bricks" brick being called "Ita" in the Assamese language. It also lends its nameto the city Itanagar, the Capital of Arunachal Pradesh. 

The Ita Fort at Arunachal Pradesh was built as early as the 14th or the 15th century by kings of the Chutia dynasty.The fort has an irregular shape, built mainly with bricks dating back to the 14th-15th Century. 

The total brickwork is of 16,200 cubic metre lengths which was probably built

 by kings of the Chutiya kingdom which ruled the region during that time. The fort has three different entrances at three different sides, which are western, the eastern and the southern sides.