Museums

 
 
Treasure-Troves of History

The Museums of Madhya Pradesh contain many of the choicest and earliest specimens of Indian Art and Civilization, and as such, they offer a glimpse of the surpassing treasures of human culture lying unknown and unsung in its roadside and interior villages, which are nothing less than living site museums.

Name

 Place

 Treasures

Ramvan Museum

 Satna

 Earliest and finest sculptures from
 Bharhut 2nd century BC), Khoh
 (5th century BC) and NachnaKuthara
 5th century BC).

Archaeological
Survey of India
Museum

State Museum

 Sanchi



 Vidisha

 Portions of the Lion or Bull capitals from
 the Maurya period (3rd century BC),
 Yaksha and Yakshi images from Shunga
 period (2nd to 1st century BC), sculpted
 panels from Sanchi Stupa gateways
 (2nd to 1st century BC) and inscribed
 Jaina sculptures from the Gupta period
 (5th century AD).

 Gujari Mahal

 Gwalior

 Most of the Shunga period sculptures
 from Vidisha region, Indian art in general,
 and Pratihara art in particular. The world
 renowned Gyraspur Shalabhanjika
 (c. 10th century AD) is housed here.

State Archaeological
Museum

Hinglajarh Site
Museum, Bhapura & Mandsaur Museums

Jaisimhapura & Vikram Kirti Mandir Museum

Rajgarh Museum

 Indore


 Mandsaur



 Ujjain


 Rajgarh




 Paramar period art (c. 9th-11th
 century AD) or early sculptures from
 Maurya, Gupta, Aulikara or
 Pratihara days.

State Archaeological
Museum
Birla Museum

 Bhopal

 Parampara art, unique sculptures,
 coins from different parts of Madhya
 Pradesh, Dhar Parmara bronzes, copies
 of Bagh paintings, textiles and decorative
 art pieces from the erstwhile Edward
 Museum collection of the Bhopal Nawabs.

University Museums


State Archaeological
Museum






Chausat Yogini
Temple Site
Museum of ASI

 Jabalpur
 Sagar

 Damoh
 Dhubela
 Rewa
 Shahdol
 Jabalpur
 Raipur
 Bilaspur

 Bhedaghat







 Further developments of Kalchuri art
 (7th-13th century AD).

ASI Site
Museum & State
Archaeological Museums

 Sirpur
 Raipur
 Bilaspur

 Regional developments of Indian Art
 in the 6th and 7th century AD
 specially in Buddhist iconography.

State Archaeological
Museum

 Shivpuri

 Jaina Tirthankar sculptures
 (11th-12th century AD) from
 Narwar and adjacent sites.

State Archaeological
Museum ASI Museum (both main and Jardin Site Museum)

 Panna
 Khajuraho


 Chandela art.

 

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