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● Bharat Kala Bhavan - Varansi |
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 Bharat Kala Bhavan lies within the sprawling grounds
of Banaras Hindu University. Its outstanding collection of
sculpture, painting and textiles began with the private collection
of the enlightened Rai Krishnadasa. The sculpture collection
includes terracotta and clay objects. Ancient terracotta
varing from ritual icons to toys to utilitarian objects date to the
Indus Valley Civilisation, Mauryan, Sunga and Gupta periods. Among
the stone sculptures are red sandstone reliefs from the 2nd century
B.C, Buddhist stupa at Bharhut and rare image and statues from well
known schools like Gandhara, which saw the synthesis of Greek and
Indian styles and Mathura, a powerful art centre during the Kushana
period.
The large and impressive collection of textiles
contain precious example of Banaras silk and brocades, embroidered
shawls from Kashmir and the rare Chamba rumals, once used to
wrap ceremonial gifts and offering were richly embroidered pieces
with designs and stories from the life of Krishna
Address :- Bharat Kala Bhavan Banaras Hindu
University Varanasi. |
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● State Museum - Lucknow |
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A multipurpose museum with sculptures, bronzes,
paintings, natural history and anthropological specimens, coins,
textiles and decorative arts. Rare stone sculptures include the
earliest image of Balarama and a panchmukhi shivalinga (both
2nd century B.C), and a statue of Saraswati, again reputed to be the
earliest depiction (2nd century A.D).
Address :- State Museum Banarasi Bagh in Lucknow. |
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Archaeological Museum
- Sarnath |
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Sarnath, where the Buddha delivered his first sermon
more than 2500 years ago, has a site museum whose prize exhibit is
the enormous lion capitals(2.31m). Now the emblem of Independence
India, the capital once surmounted an Ashokan pillar erected
to mark the spotwhere the Budhha preached There are many other
Buddha and budhisattava figures on view. Among these
the most outstanding Gupta periods with hand
rised on Abhaya or protection.
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Government
Museum - Mathura |
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The rich treasure of antiquarian values unearthed by Cunnigham, Growse, Fuhrer and others formed the nucleus of this museum. The museum was founded by the collector, F.S. Growse in 1874. The collections were shifted to the present building in 1930. Regional in character its scope was limited primarily to the archeological finds from the Mathura region. The vast collection includes stone sculptures, bas reliefs, architectural fragments, inscriptions of various faiths and creeds, coins, terracotta, inscribed bricks, pottery pieces, clay seals, bronze objects and paintings. The museum has the richest and by far the most important collection of the Mathura School of Sculptures of 3rd century B.C - 12th century A.D.
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