5/5 Dharmendra R. 3 years ago on Google
Vijayapura
is
known
for
the
Gol
Gumbaz
and
its
premises
also
hosts
one
of
the
oldest
museums
in
India.
This
museum,
which
is
located
before
the
main
entrance
of
the
Gol
Gumbaz,
was
actually
a
part
of
a
building
of
the
Gol
Gumbaz
and
was
later
converted
into
a
museum
by
British
in
1892.
According
to
historians,
the
ancient
structure
is
known
as
Naqqar
Khana
(house
of
drum).
āThis
monument
was
built
to
offer
a
grand
royal
reception
to
the
kingās
visitors
by
beating
drums,
which
was
part
of
custom
for
receiving
royal
guests,ā
said
Abdulghani
Imaratwale,
historian.
The
building
was
converted
into
the
museum
to
preserve
the
rare
objects
that
the
British
had
found
while
shifting
the
district
headquarters
from
the
then
Kaladagi
to
Bijapur
(now
Vijayapura).
It
was
in
1912
that
the
museum
was
handed
over
to
the
then
district
collector
for
maintenance,
but
after
Independence
the
museum
was
taken
over
by
the
Archaeological
Survey
of
India
in
1962.
This
museum
houses
some
rare
objects
that
include
stone
inscriptions
of
Arabic,
Persian,
Kannada
and
Sanskrit
languages
in
different
scripts
written
in
beautiful
calligraphy.
It
has
Brahmanical
and
Jain
sculptures,
hero
stones,
numerous
manuscripts,
coins,
carpets,
maps,
miniature
paintings,
Bidiri
ware
and
other
house
hold
articles,
datable
from
the
6th
to
the
18th
century.
The
museum
has
preserved
the
artefacts
in
the
best
manner,
and
it
is
on
par
of
with
other
ASI
museums
of
the
country.
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