TNN | May 19, 2013, 02.02AM IST
AHMEDABAD: The city-based Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is all set to get a new gallery - PT Munshaw Coin Gallery - from the next month consisting of more than 300 coins from the time span of 2,500 years. The museum officials held a preview of the collection to mark the World Museums' Day on Saturday. The gallery is slated to be inaugurated officially on June 6.
"Right from the punch-marked coins used in western parts of the country in 600 BC to British India's coins, the collection encompasses a huge geographic area and time period. The collection has coins having origins in cultures such as Roman, Indo-Greek, Kshatrapa, Kushana, Indo-Scythian, Gupta, Gujarat Sultanate and Mughal. Every coin tells a story of that time period, culture and religious beliefs. It also provides an idea of the progress made by a civilization in metallurgy," said LD Museum director Prof Ratan Parimoo.
The museum also held a talk on the subject 'Collection of Coins and its Management' where address was delivered by Prof Ramji Savaliya, director of BJ Institute of Learning. Savaliya elaborated on the history of coinage in Gujarat and stated that the researchers are yet to find the minted coins during Solanki dynasty, considered to be the most illustrious period of the state history. "There have been some coin finds, but its authenticity is yet to be checked," he said.
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AHMEDABAD: The city-based Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is all set to get a new gallery - PT Munshaw Coin Gallery - from the next month consisting of more than 300 coins from the time span of 2,500 years. The museum officials held a preview of the collection to mark the World Museums' Day on Saturday. The gallery is slated to be inaugurated officially on June 6.
"Right from the punch-marked coins used in western parts of the country in 600 BC to British India's coins, the collection encompasses a huge geographic area and time period. The collection has coins having origins in cultures such as Roman, Indo-Greek, Kshatrapa, Kushana, Indo-Scythian, Gupta, Gujarat Sultanate and Mughal. Every coin tells a story of that time period, culture and religious beliefs. It also provides an idea of the progress made by a civilization in metallurgy," said LD Museum director Prof Ratan Parimoo.
The museum also held a talk on the subject 'Collection of Coins and its Management' where address was delivered by Prof Ramji Savaliya, director of BJ Institute of Learning. Savaliya elaborated on the history of coinage in Gujarat and stated that the researchers are yet to find the minted coins during Solanki dynasty, considered to be the most illustrious period of the state history. "There have been some coin finds, but its authenticity is yet to be checked," he said.
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