Both Suresh and I spent an amazing day exploring the National museum at Janpath. These artifacts were sent to the Royal academy of arts in London in 1947-48.These were brought back after independence and stationed at the Rashtrapati Bhawan known as Governor house then. It was housed in the present house in 1960.The first few rooms are arranged chronologically with Harappan, Mauryan, Sungha, Kushan and Gupta artifacts. After this the rooms are arranged theme wise. They also have a room related to North East and the various musical instruments of modern day. It was a treat to see the original dancing girl of the Indus Valley civilization, the various beautiful sculptures, the various miniature paintings. As usual I was fascinated with the sculptures of different periods and especailly the Shiv images and the intricacies of the sculpture.Right at the entrance there is s huge Ashokan inscription.The museum lists the services of various persons who act as guides and they do this voluntarily. We met Neel Dogra who was a banker and now after retirement acts as a guide. His love and passion for history impressed me a lot and he lovelingly took us around the museum with an indepth knowledge about the artifacts.
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