Government Museum, Mathura
Rajkiya Sangrahalaya
|
|
| Established | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mathura |
| Director | A K Pandey |
Government Museum, Mathura commonly referred as Mathura museum is an archaeological museum in Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The museum was founded by then collector of the Mathura district, Sir F. S. Growse in 1874. Initially it was known as Curzon Museum of Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum, Mathura, and finally changed to the Government Museum, Mathura.
The museum houses artifacts pottery, sculptures, paintings, and coins primarily from in and around Mathura, plus discoveries made by noted colonial archaeologists like Alexander Cunningham, F. S. Growse, and Fuhrer. The museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD., during Kushan Empire and Gupta Empire. today it is one of the leading museums of Uttar Pradesh.
The Government of India issued a postage stamp on October 9, 1974 on the centenary of the museum.
Archaic Mother Goddess, Prehistory, 4th Century BCE
3000-year-old anthropomorphic copper figure (ACCN 93-51) found at Shahabad, UP
Jain Tirthankara head, 2nd century BCE
Naigamesha Jain god of Childbirth, Shunga Empire, 2nd century BCE or earlier
Jain Tablet, 1st Century
Jain chaumukha sculpture with Suparshvanatha and Three Other Tirthankaras, 1st century
Parshvantha, Kushan Period, 2nd century
Statue of Kanishka I (ca. 127 – ca. 140), Kushan Empire.
Head of Buddha. C. 5th Century CE, Chamunda mound, Mathura district
Jain chaumukha sculpture, 6th century
Rishabhanatha idol, 6th century
Parshvanatha, Post Gupta Period, 6th-8th Century CE
...
Wikipedia