Section 2(1)(a) in The Antiquities And Art Treasures Act, 1972
(a)“antiquity” includes—(I)(i)any coin, sculpture, painting, 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 politics in bygone ages;(iv)any article, object or thing of historical interest;(v)any article, object or thing declared by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be an antiquity for the purposes of this Act,