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The department
was established in 1962 with a view to promote teaching and
research in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
It is a postgraduate and Research department. Since its inception,
the department has produced so many scholars, of national
and international repute well versed in Sanskrit, who contributed
significantly in the studies of Ancient Indian History and
culture and the history of Southeast Asian countries. To name
a few, Acharya Ram Deva, Chandragupta Vedalankar and Jayachandra
Vidyalankar, Haridatta Vedalankar, Satyaketu Vidyalankar are
among those historians who made immemorial contribution by
writing number of books on various aspects of Ancient history
and culture of India with their original independent views.
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With
a prime objective to throw significant light in the history
and Archaeology of the region of Hardwar and its surroundings,
the department has conducted archaeological survey of various
sites of historical importance such as Garhi Shyampur, Kundi
Sota, Pandu Shrota, Imli Khera, Sultanpur, Azmeripur and Puranpur,
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The
collections of the museum are being classified and displayed
in the following galleries |
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Proto-historic
Galleries
Proto-historic
Galleries comprising antiquities of the Harappa culture (c.2500-1500
BC); Copper-Hoard culture (c.2000-1500 BC) and Painted Grey
ware culture (c.1200-600 BC) .... Details
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Harappa
culture |
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Swami Shraddha
Nand Kaksha
One
of the main themes of this museum is this Kaksha where in
photographs relating to his life right from his early days
to his assassination .... Details
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Swami
Shraddha Nand Kaksha |
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Sculpture
(stone) Gallery
In
this gallery Sculptures relating to Brahmanical, Buddhist
and Jain religions and ranging in date from Sunga times to
modern times (20th century AD) have been meticulously displayed
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Shalbhanjika
Image |
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Terracotta's
Gallery
Terracotta
figurires, panels and plaques ranging in date form Harrppan
times to late .... Details
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Coins Gallery
This
gallery is also one of the most important and attractive galleries
of this museum. The rich collection of the coins is more than
4000 in numbers ranging in date from the earliest known punch
marked coins to the modern times .... Details
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Punch-marked
coins |
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Metal Sculpture
Gallery
In
this gallery, metal sculptures (asthadhatu) relating to Brahmanical
and Buddhist religions and various types of birds and animals
are being displayed.amongst the Buddhist icons, images in
Dhyana (meditation) and Bhumi-sparsha mudra (earth-touching
posture) are common .... Details
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Painting
Gallery
This
gallery is also an extra attraction for the art lever as well
as common people. A variety of styles, subjects and themes
enrich this collection. It includes Rajasthani Nathdwara style,
Jaipur-Amer styles, Pahari-Kangra style and local Kankhal
style, which has been preserved as its eye copies, prepared
by this museum .... Details
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Manuscript
Gallery
More
than 333 manuscripts of different languages, ranging in time
between 16th century AD to 20th century AD and of various
writing materials have been displayed in this gallery. This
includes manuscripts of Bangla, Sanskrit, Farsi, Gurumukhi,
Tibet, Urdu, Hindi-Urdu, Sanskrit-Hindi, Devanagari (Hindi),
Sharda, Sanskrit-Urdu. Various manuscripts written on the
Tarapatra were also displayed .... Details
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Himalayan
Darshan Photo gallery
The
Himalayas has been a center of attraction, not only for the
hermits and Yogis but also for other curious people of the
world, from time immemorial. The glory of it has been vividly
described in various ancient Indian literatures. Though, in
the modern age of scientific development it has become easy
to have a look of the Himalayan peaks, a travel beauty of
nature, but still it remains a mater of imagination for the
common people .... Details
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Misc.
Section which comprises beautifully executed sketches of the
by gone ages, hair dresses of different historical periods,
charts showing development of ancient Indian scripts, meticulously
depicted birds of the Kalidas times and etc .... Details
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The
Museum is running different Courses - (i) Ph.D. (ii) Postgraduate
Studies ( 2 years Master of Arts), and (iii) Under Graduate
Course ( (i) History (ii) Museology and Archaeology (iii)
Indian Culture - Compulsory subject for Vidyalankar students)
under the guidance of the following Staff Members
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Name |
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Dr.
Rakesh Sharma |
Professor,
Head-Dept. of Ancient Indian History, Coordinator-Archaeological
Museum |
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Dr.
Prabhat Kumar |
Reader |
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Dr.
Devendra Kumar Gupta |
Reader |
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