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Allahabad Museum
 India
ground of kings and Maharajas and with royalty come royal forts, palaces
and Museum. Most of the fort and palaces in India have been changed into
heritage hotels now one can enjoy living like maharajah or
maharani while staying at these hotels. India has a prosperous
cultural past and this is reflected through the many forts, palaces,
Museums and other monuments in the country. In Uttar Pradesh Forts
and Museum Tour, there are many forts, museum and palaces covers in
this state.
A trip to Allahabad would be incomplete without visiting
Allahabad Museum. The museum is situated nearby the Chandra Shekar
Azad Park. Allahabad Museum was properly inaugurated in 1947 by
India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The
Allahabad museum has separate galleries 18 of them dedicated and devoted
to archaeological findings, natural history exhibits and Art gallery and
terracotta artifacts. The things on view include primitive and Indus
Valley antiquities, stone sculpture, terracotta, bronzes, seals, beads,
coins, inscriptions, miniature paintings, Buddhist thanks,
textiles. Nearly 400 sculptures generally classified sect wise
starting with the various categories of brahmanical gods followed
by deities of the Buddha and Jain pantheon and terminating with secular
and miscellaneous themes including architectural members have also been
included. The terracotta collection is one of the major in India and
dates from the Indus Valley onwards. There are a number of toys like
clay carts, animals and birds. There are ancient times from renowned
schools of sculpture like Gandhara, Mathura, Kausambhi
and Sarnath as well as important archaeological discoveries from
Bharhut, Bhita, Kausambhi and Jhusi. |
