Kolkata: Indian Museum making gallery to show ancient human endeavor
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is constructing a gallery where several objects chronicling human endeavor in India in the past thousands of years will be exhibited. The exhibits of the gallery will be taken from Geological Survey of India (GSI) collections that consist of scientific evidence of ancient human endeavor, including crafting tools used by hunters and food gatherers, Museum Director Rajesh Purohit said.
Gallery will be called 'Signature of human endeavor in India'
The gallery will be called the "Signature of human endeavor in India", Purohit said adding, "When anybody comes to your country the question arises how old is the culture. We have attempted to answer this question in an ongoing exhibition." The items, shown in the exhibition, after documenting and chronicling, will be housed in the new gallery when it comes up, he said.
Indian Museum got the inscription of Buddhagupta of sixth century
Purohit said in the South-East Asian Gallery of the museum, there was a new addition of the inscription of Buddhagupta of the sixth century. The Indian Museum got the inscriptions and "it is now in our collections," he said. He said a replica of the inscription had recently been gifted to Singapore premier by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
South-East Asian Gallery has 13th-century boat with temple motif
The South-East Asian Gallery has a 13th-century boat with temple motif from Odisha indicating a maritime connection with neighboring countries, Purohit said. The same gallery has paintings, drawings, sketches, terracotta objects, seals and coins which were found along eastern part of the country, he added.
Museum working on to communicate the history through audio-visual medium
The museum is also working on to communicate the history of the exhibits through an audio-visual medium. "We'll hire a company to provide all these information through headphones. We want to make the youth of the country aware of the rich past of India," Purohit said. "There will be a story-telling manner through which these exhibits will be shown to people," he said.
