Telangana State Archaeology Museum or Hyderabad Museum is a museum located in

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

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. It is the oldest museum in Hyderabad.

History

Henry Cousens is the first person to have recorded in carrying out archaeological explorations in Hyderabad State in 19th century. Department of Archaeology was established in 1914. Telangana State Archaeology Museum then known as Hyderabad Museum was first established in 1927. The museum was then located at Town Hall where today State Assembly is located. The museum was later shifted to the present building constructed by the seventh Nizam and in 1930 the it was named as ''Hyderabad Museum'' by the Nizam and was formally inaugurated by the Nizam on 31 March 1931. The museum was renamed as Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology Museum in 1960 after formation of

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and in 2009 was renamed as Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy State Museum . In 2008, a sword belonging to the Nizam and other artifacts were stolen from the museum. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014, the museum was renamed Telangana State Archeology Museum. Mummy at Hyderabad museum2

Mummy of daughter of the VI Pharoah of the Egypt

Collection

Egyptian

This museum's most popular attraction is its Egyptian mummy of Princess ''Naishu'' which was brought in 1930 to

by Nasir Nawaz Jung, the son-in-law of Asaf Jah VI. He presented it to the Asaf Jah VII, who donated it to the museum. He had reportedly bought it for 1000 pounds. It is one of the six Egyptian mummies in India, the others being in

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, Vadodara,

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, and

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. The mummy, which previously was deteriorating, was restored in 2016 and placed in an oxygen-free case.

Indian

There is a huge gallery on

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dating back to the last century. The museum has a wide variety of archaeological artifacts from the Nizam and

Kakatiya dynasty The Kakatiya dynasty (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Kākatīya) was a Andhras, Telugu dynasty that ruled most of eastern Deccan Plateau, Deccan region in present-day India between 12th and 14th centuries. Their ter ...

Bronze Sculpture Gallery

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Ajanta Fresco Gallery

The world famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra are adorned with beautiful paintings depicting Buddha's doctrine, life events and Jataka stories, the caves were discovered accidentally by British Soldiers in 1819. The paintings are dated from 1st -2nd and 6th-7th century. The paintings have been copied by John Griffiths.Plaque displayed at the entrance of the Museum Gallery - Telangana State of Archaeology Museum File:Vessantara Jataka - Ajanta Caves XVII.jpg, Vessantara Jataka - Ajanta Caves XVII File:Bodhitsatva Padmapani in Compassionate Mood - Ajanta Painting.jpg, Bodhitsatva Padmapani in Compassionate Mood File:The ogress in disguise enters the King harem Ajanta Caves.jpg, The ogress in disguise enters the King harem Ajanta Caves File:Hamsa Jataka - Cave no, XVII- Ajanta Caves.jpg, Hamsa Jataka - Cave no, XVII- Ajanta Caves

Gallery

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References

External links

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