Oldest Treasure of India

Many of India's treasures and history is recovered and retired for the future generation to know and explore In a place, called Museum.INDIAN MUSEUM AT KHOLKATA,which is the oldest museum in India.The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India.

The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India. t is founded in 2 February 1814 over 207 years ago, at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia Pacific region.

The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armours and ornaments, fossils, skeletons mummies and Mughal paintings. It has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country.

The movement which was started in 1814, in fact, was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of modernity and the end of the mediaeval era.

The Museum consists of many Galleries:

Gandhara Gallery: This gallery represents sculptures from the Gandhara school of Art.

Bronze Gallery: The sculptures are database from the second century AD.

Bharhut Gallery: This gallery shows the architectural remains from Satna district, Madhya Pradesh.

Coin Gallery: This has a unique assemblage of coins.

Credits: Sabitha

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