Telangana State Archaeology Museum

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History

Henry Cousens is the first person to have recorded in carrying out archaeological explorations in Hyderabad State in 19th century. Department of Archaeology was established in 1914. Telangana State Archaeology Museum then known as Hyderabad Museum was first established in 1927. The museum was then located at Town Hall where today State Assembly is located. The museum was later shifted to the present building constructed by the seventh Nizam and in 1930 the it was named as Hyderabad Museum by the Nizam[1] and was formally inaugurated by the Nizam on 31 March 1931.

The museum was renamed as Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology Museum in 1960 after formation of Andhra Pradesh[2] and in 2009 was renamed as Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy State Museum .[3]

In 2008, a sword belonging to the Nizam and other artifacts were stolen from the museum.[4][5]

After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014, the museum was renamed Telangana State Archeology Museum.

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Egyptian Mummy at the museum
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Mummy of daughter of the VI Pharaoh of the Egypt (300-100)BC
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Bust of Buddha in the Telangana State Archeology Museum

Collection

Egyptian

This museum's most popular attraction is its Egyptian mummy of Princess Naishu which was brought in 1930 to Hyderabad by Nasir Nawaz Jung, the son-in-law of Asaf Jah VI. He presented it to the Asaf Jah VII, who donated it to the museum.[6] He had reportedly bought it for 1000 pounds.[7] It is one of the six Egyptian mummies in India, the others being in Lucknow, Mumbai, Vadodara, Jaipur, and Kolkata.[8]

The mummy, which previously was deteriorating, was restored in 2016 and placed in an oxygen-free case.[9][10]

Indian

There is a huge gallery on Buddha dating back to the last century. The museum has a wide variety of archaeological artifacts from the Nizam and Kakatiya dynasty.

Bronze Sculpture Gallery

Ajanta Fresco Gallery

The world famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra are adorned with beautiful paintings depicting Buddha's doctrine, life events and Jataka stories, the caves were discovered accidentally by British Soldiers in 1819. The paintings are dated from 1st -2nd and 6th-7th century. The paintings have been copied by John Griffiths.[11]

Gallery

See also

References

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