The main objective of this study was to access the existing diversity for seed characteristics in the collected traditional and improved cultivars. The rice collection for diversity analysis consists of 82 traditional and 14 improved cultivars. Clustering pattern of 96 traditional and improved cultivars for 12 seed characteristics revealed fifteen clusters, cluster I having maximum 57 cultivars. There is high diversity among the traditional rice cultivars for seed characteristics, which represents great importance of traditional cultivars for breeding programs on quality traits.