MUSEOLOGY LITRETURE

Nagarjunakonda Museum 1. Introduction The archaeological site museum is situated in Nagarjunakonda or Nagarjuna’s hill in Guntur district on right bank of the river Krishna. Comprising overall area of 8 square miles, girt by high hills on the north, east, and south and flanked by the swift flowing Krishna on the west again partly on the north it commands a natural strategic situation. The museum is now transformed into an Island due to the construction of Nagarjunasagar dam across the river about 10 km downstream View of Nagarjunakonda Island Its historical importance is derived from its having been the capital of the Ikshvaku kings during 3 rd- 4 th century CE. The Ikshvaku kings as well as their successors, who used the hill as citadel, fortified it by constructing a long brick wall with bastions and gateways in the early period and later by a cyclopean masonry wall of granite with curtain walls, portioning the top in to three enclosures. In the inscriptions of Ikshvaku...

National Museum, New Delhi 1. History of the Museum The majestic National Museum building is situated in the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad road of New Delhi. The National Museum, New Delhi, as we see it today, has an interesting beginning. The blueprint for establishing the National Museum in Delhi was prepared by the Maurice Gwyer Committee in May 1946. An Exhibition of Indian Art, consisting of selected artefacts from various museums of India was organized by the Royal Academy, London with the cooperation of Government of India and Britain. The Exhibition went on display in the galleries of Burlington House, London during the winter months of 1947-48. It was decided to display the same collection in Delhi, before the return of exhibits to their respective museums. An exhibition was organized in the the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s residence), New Delhi in 1949 , which turned out to be a great success. This event proved responsible for the creation of the National Museum...