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The section contains pre and proto history, minor antiquities, Maurya, Bharhut, Gandhar, Kushan, Amaravati, Gupta art of Bhumara, Mathura and Sarnath; Pala-Sena art from Bengal and Bihar, Chandella art from Khajuraho, Pallava, Chola, Hoysala stone and metal sculptures, corridor galleries on Orissan art, architecture gallery, plants in Indian art, animals in Indian art, Tridhara : sculptures from three major religions of India and an Egyptian gallery. Old and new stone age tools, seals, terracottas, painted potteries, weight and measurements, gamesmen, metal utensils of Harappan culture; Chalolithic weapons and utensils, Central Asian antiquities, terracotta sculptures of historic period, ornaments, beads, earthen vessels, relic caskets of Buddha; highly polished capitals of Ashokan age; second century B.C. outstanding architectural splendour - the gateway and railings of the Bharhut stupa carved in red-sand stone; Buddhist sculptures of Hellenistic art from Gandhara region, exquisite stone sculptures of classical and medieval India; numismatic evidences of India from 5th century B.C. to the present; inscriptions and copper plates, manuscripts; Egyptian antiquities including a mummified figure of a man 4000 years old. |
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