National museum, janpath, new delhi

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1. NATIONAL MUSEUM Janpath, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, Delhi 110011 By: Kushal (MBA Devvrat (NPGD-33)

2. National Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest museum in INDIA. Pre-historic era to modern works of art. On August 15, 1949, the National Museum, New Delhi, was inaugurated in the Rashtrapati Bhawan by Shri R.C. Rajagopalachari T he National Museum is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Culture .

3. The National Museum Situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad road. The National Museum has 2,06,000 works of exquisite of art. It covers around 5000 year of culture and heritage of both, Indian and Foreign Origin

4. National Museum having a wide range of masterpieces of sculptural art in such medium like: Stone, Bronze, silver, gold, iron, bones It covers 3 rd century BC to 19 th century AD, Longest time in world History

5. Galleries to Visit Maurya-shunga-Satavahana Gallery (3 rd century BC to 1 st -2 nd century AD) Kushana Gallery Gupta Art Gallery Early Medieval Gallery Late Medieval Gallery Buddhist Gallery

6. Map of Ground Floor

7. HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION Gallery Has large number of artifacts from the sites of Harappan Civilization. The Collection Includes Pottery, Tablets weights and measures, Seals, utensils, Jewelry figurine, terracotta, toys etc. Some metal or copper tools like axes, chisels, knives etc. About 3800 objective has been displayed in the Harappan civilization gallery.

8. MOHENJO-DARO Built around 2600 BCE  one of the world's earliest major urban   settlements.

9. Manuscripts I ndus script   Brahmi script  Bhattiprolu script, Kadamba script Sanskrit

10. BUDDHIST ART GALLERY Buddhist art illustrated by 84 exhibits in stone, Bronze, wodden, gold, teracotta etc. Buddha Pada Foot prints and buddha,s life scenes and some other masterpiece.

11. Buddhist art

12. Map of First Floor

13. Decorative Art India is the origin of chess, ludo , snake – ladder, gyan chopad etc games. Gyan chopad shows the path of peace after reaching success. ladder shows the kindness and humbleness of human

14. Elephant tusk art works Buddha live carved on tusk

15. Coins

16. Casting Method of Coins

17. Map of Second Floor

18. Costumes and Textiles

19. Musical Instruments

20. Wood Carving

21. Arms and Armors

22. Thank You And Do visit to National Museum