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Nature’s story
captured forever
in stone!
MArVeLS oF MUSeUMS

nAtionAL MUSeUM toUr, DeLHi

Visit the National Museum in Delhi and see these sculptures nAtUre’S StorY
on the ground Floor. Fossils can be seen in museums. Fossils are remains or
impressions of plants and animals
embedded in stone.
gallery 3:
gallery 4: Kuber sculptures SEE FOSSILS IN:
buddhist of Kushana Period
and hindu • Museum of Natural History, Delhi
sculptures of
gupta Period • Fossil Park Museum, Sirmaur,
himachal Pradesh
gallery 1: • Mandla Plant Fossils National Park, Madhya Pradesh
harappan seal

gallery 2:
gallery 7: buddha
sun god sculptures
sculpture and relief SeAL StorY
work from
bharhut
seals from the indus Valley
usually had an animal or writing
carved on them. They were
OTHER MUSEUMS TO VISIT made of soapstone (steatite),
terracotta and copper.
1. indian Museum, Kolkata (bharhut gallery)
2. Chhatrapati shivaji Maharajah Museum, ACTIVITY
Mumbai (sculpture gallery, ground Floor) 1. Do you know any of any of the legends or myths
3. salar Jung Museum, hyderabad (indian associated with unicorn?
sculpture gallery, ground Floor) 2. Do you know why the unicorn symbol in the seal might
4. government Museum, Chennai (Jain and have been important to the people of the indus Valley?
buddhist sculptures)

ACtiVitY: HiStorY’S MYSterieS

What do you think the object is? Can you guess who this mysterious lady was?
The object is a statue of a lady. she has an elaborate The fancy jewellery indicates that the lady might represent
hairstyle and is wearing large earrings that seem heavy, a somebody important such as a goddess worshipped by
necklace, a waist-band and anklets. people of that time. The lady could have also been an
Can you guess what the object is made of? ordinary person dressed for a special occasion.
a material called terracotta or type of reddish brown clay. Can you guess the mood of the lady?
What clues does this sculpture give us about people she looks happy because she has a smile on her face.
who lived 2000 years ago? Can you guess how the object was made? Was it made
1. People knew how to use terracotta to make statues by a machine or by hand?
2000 years ago. The object was made by hand. some parts were made
2. There was a variety of jewellery available and women separately and then were put together.
enjoyed wearing it as they do today.
3. People had the technology to make and sell jewellery,
mining, stone quarrying, weights and measures.

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