archaeological museums. ppt

Indian archaeological museums and its short description.

1. Archaeological museums in india

2. Types of museums National museums State museums Local museums under the archaeological survey of India Museums under corporate or civic bodi es University museums

3. National Museums

4. Indian Museum Calcutta (1814) West Bengal Stone age tools from all over India Harappa , Mohenjo daro , and Chalcolithic sites in Sind and Megaliths Sculptures (3 rd C. BC to late medieval period) :. Gandhara sculptures Coins

5. National Museum of India , New delhi (1949) Proto historic materials recovered from sites like Harappa , Mohenjo daro , Jhukar , Jhangar etc… Sculptures. : 853 ( Asoka to the late medieval period) Harappan gallery. – 3800 objects Terracotta beads , seals , tablets , weights and measures , figurines and toys ( indus valley sites , Ahichchhatra , Kausambi , Kondapur , Nalanda etc...) Copper tools Paintings. (1700 – palm leaf , cloth , wood , leather ) Wall paintings Buddhist art gallery. ( 82 exhibits in stone , bronze , terracotta , stucco , wood , and painted scrolls) Coiins. ,. Manuscripts

6. 2. State Museums

7. Government museum and National art gallery Madras (1851) Second oldest museum in India Varied collections of South Indian bronzes Copper plates Proto historic antiquities from Adichanallur , Perumbair and other megalithic sites Unique Bruce Foote collection of stone implements

8. Museum of archaeology mathura (1863) Uttar Pradesh Archaic mother goddess , prehistory 4 th century BCE 3000 – year old anthromorphic copper figure found at Shahabad , Uttar Pradesh Ayayapata , Jain tablets , 1 st century

9. State museum lucknow (1863) Uttarpradesh Buddha and Jaina images from various sites of uttarpradesh Punch marked coins ( Gupta and Mughal series) Manuscripts

10. Central museum nagpur (1863) Maharashtra Oldest and largest museum in the central India region Antiquities ranging from the early stone age to medieval times Stone and copper plate inscriptions of the Chalukyas , Kalachuri of tripuri , Ratanpur etc.. Material images

11. Government museum , Bangalore (1866) Karnataka Hoysala sculptures from Halebid and Belur . Antiquities from Brahmagiri and Chandravalli . Jewellery coins Inscriptions

12. Mahant ghasidas memorial museum Raipur (1875) Chhattisgarh Artifacts during the stone age Stone carved idols of Gods and Goddess Small collections of Buddhist bronzes from sirpur (7 th - 8 th century) Post Gupta and Kalachuri sculptures An inscribed wooden pillar from Kirari (2 nd century) Copper plates

13. Government Central museum jaipur (1876) Rajasthan Jewellery Stone implements Ivory Metal sculptures and works in crystal Coins from – Gupta , Kushan , Delhi sultanate , Mughal and British period

14. Sri Pratap Singh Government museum Srinagar (1898) Jammu and Kashmir Sculptures Coins of Indo – Bactrian , Indo- Scythian , Kushan , Gupta 300 paintings

15. Rajputana museum ajmer (1908) Rajasthan Brahmanical and Jaina sculptures Stone and copper plate inscriptions Coins Rajput paintings

16. Patna museum (1917) Bihar Large number of bronzes of Pala and Sena periods Terracotta ( Pataliputra , Buxar , Mathura , etc ..) Ring stones carved with fertility designs from Pataliputra Stone and copper implements Punch marked coins

17. Central museum indore (1929) Madhyapradesh Artefacts exhibited in the museum range from the prehistoric to the modern era Manuscript Ornaments Inscriptions on stones and bricks Pottery from kasrawadh

18. Telangana state archaeology museum or Hyderabad museum (1930) Sculpture ( satvahana period 1 st – 2 nd century) Arms and weapons Copies of Ajanta and Ellora paintings Manuscripts Arabic and Persian coins of the yadavas , the Vijayanagara rulers

19. Odisha State museum Bhubaneswar (1932) Prehistoric tools. Stone and metal sculptures. Palm leaf manuscripts. Wood carvings .

20. State museum Dhubela (1937) Madhyapradesh Sculpture gallery Epigraphical collections are inscriptions of the Kushan and Gupta periods Early copper plate grants and several kalachuri records

21. Pazhassi raja archaeology museum calicut (1976) Historical artifacts from 1000 BC to 200 AD Archaeological icons Potteries Temple models Coins

22. Sri. Kallur subba rao district museum , anantpur (1992) Andra pradesh Sculptures , paintings Arms and weapons Bronzes , coins , stampages , stone tools Copper plate inscriptions , celedon ware

23. 3. Local museums under the archaeological survey of India

24. Andra pradesh Sculptures Archaeological museum amaravati (1951)

25. Archaeological museum , hampi (1953) Karnataka Stone sculptures and architectural pisces of Vijayanagar period Gold coins , palm leaf manuscripts Copper plates , paintings , copper coins Miniature paintings , Metal objects , crystal ivory Semi precious objects

26. Archaeological museum , bodhgaya (1956) Bihar Stone sculptures Carved railings Pillars of sunga , Gupta and pala period Metal images of pala period

27. Ramiling appa lamture museum osamanabad (1979) Maharashtra 25,000 items are displayed. Pottery , stone wares , Stone idols. Beads , ivory , shell items , bone items. Coins of satavahana and other dynasties

28. 4. Museums under corporate or civic bodies

29. Prince of wales museum of western India , bombay (1921) Maharashtra chhatrapati shivaji maharaj vastu sangrahalaya another name Prehistoric to modern times.

30. Allahabad museum allahabad ( 1931) Uttar Pradesh Stone sculptures , terracottas , coins Sealings , seals , Arms , thankas , inscriptions

31. 5. University museums

32. Deccan college post – graduate and research institute museum, pune ( 1939) Maharashtra Stone age ( lower , middle and upper paelolithic tools) Mesolithic , Chalcolithic galleries Excavated material Megalith gallery Stone tools , iron tools , beads , iron objects Stone sculptures

33. Department of archaeology museum maharaja sayajirao university , baroda , vadodara (1950) Gujarat Early stone age to Medieval period Collected by explorations and excavations and gifts

34. Kausambi museums university of allahabad (1952) Uttar Pradesh Prehistory , prehistoric tools from earliest times to the end of the Pleistocene , together with fossils ( belan valley and soan valley ) Mesolithic tools , Neolithic tools Proto historic and historic material from different sites

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