Museum Cultural Heritage of India

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About the Book The Latin word 'museum' is derived from the Greek word 'museion' in which it means a temple dedicated to the Muses, or the Greek goddesses of the arts and sciences. This word 'museum' is thus the most apt word for the modern storehouses of the works of nature and man in their diverse ramifications, though they do no longer connote the sense of a temple for worship as the original word did. In modern times, however, the concept of a museum has widened. It has risen above the level of ajavabghars. Its purpose now is to stimulate curiosity, pleasure and even awe by con frontation with the works of nature and man. It has become a cultural centre where activities of all kinds that serve to widen mind's horizons and ennoble the spirit centred around diverse artefacts of man and nature takes place. When the word 'museum' is so much talked about, the discussion about its history, working, maintenance and its role in the day-to-day life of a common man becomes imperative. This book delves deep in dealing all these aspects. growth of museums in India, the curator and his training, documentation, conservation and its legal aspects, role of museums in education, display or presentation of exhibits and museums and festivals of India.

About the Author Nil Ratan llanerjee (b 1922), King Edward Memorial Scholars ut the former and Bear, obtained his Master's degree in History from the Allahabad University in 1943. He was awarded a Fellow step by the German Academic Exchange Service to study West Asian Archaeology at the Free University of Berlin (1939), and a Fellowship by the Royal Government of Netherlands (1961) to conduct re search on the Iron Age of India in Amsterdam The Calcutta University awarded him the D. Poùdegree in 1963 for his pioneering work on the subject. Dr. Banerice is one of the distinguished band field of archaeologists to be trained by the late Sir Mortimer Wheeler.. Before his induction in the Archaeological Survey, he was a Lecturer in the Nagpur University. In 1947 he became a Scholar in the Survey for exploring the megalithic monuments in south Indies. In 1948 he was appointed to: the post of Dy. Superintending Arch ecologist, and thereafter he successfully rose to the position of Director in the Survey, In 1976 he was chosen to head the National Museum, New Delhi as Director. He got his retirement from the National Museum in 1980. Thereafter he was appointed Visiting Professor in 1. H. U Varanasi. For a short period between 1966 and 1972 he was Archaeological Adviser to HM's. Government of Nepal, when he extensively studied the ari, archaeology and history of that country.

Dr. Banerjee has explored many archaeological sites in India and Nepal and has conducted a score of excava tions both in this country and Nepal, notable among which are Sanur, Amirthamangalam, Sengameda, Nagda, Ujjain, Abichchhatra, Tilaurakot and Lumbini.

Dr. Banerjee has authored several books and about a hundred research papers on diverse subjects encompassing art, archaeology, anthropology and museumology. He was also associated with the starting of Ancient Nepal, the official Bulletin of the Deptt. of Archaeology, Govt. of Nepal,.

Dr. Banerjee, has travelled widely all over the world. Modest, soft spoken and a distinguished scholar, he is also a linguist, being equally at home in Tamil. Hindi, Marathi, Nepalese, Bengali, Sanskrit and German, besides English.

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