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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. Maximum City was, on and off, home to me for more than 15 years. In those years, while I have passed it many times, never have I as much as ventured past its gates. Until, about a year and a half ago. On one of those lazy Sundays, with nothing better to do, my good old friend, philosopher, and expert in all things nefarious and dark, decided to give me a crash course on the history of the city. And what better place to start than a whirlwind tour of South Mumbai. Among our first stops was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. Home to over 70,000 exhibits that cover ancient Indian history and foreign lands, including artifacts and relics from the Indus Civilization, and from the time of the Guptas, Mauryas, Chalukyas, and Rashtrakuta. Formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, it was founded and built by a committee including leading citizens of the city to honor and commemorate the visit of King George V. The foundation stone was laid in 1905 and completed in 1915. However, with the onset of the 1st World War, it was used as a Military Hospital and Children's Welfare Centre. It was only after the end of the war, in 1920, that it was handed back to the committee, and finally inaugurated on the 10th of January 1922. It is the work of George Wittet, who had already left his stamp on the city with the building of the General Post Office in 1911 and another famous landmark that would be completed in 1924 - the Gateway of India. _________________________________________ @nofixedaddrs #nofixedaddrs _________________________________________ Incredible India 🇮🇳 #IncredibleIndia #MaharashtraUnlimited #MTDC #csmvs _________________________________________ ………. ……... …….. ……. …… ….. …. … .. . #art #history #naturalhistory #museum #exhibits #csmvsmumbai #csmvsmuseum #museumofmumbai #museumofindia #experiencecsmvs #princeofwalesmuseum #mumbaifables #mumbaistreetwalkers #somumbai #everydaymumbai #storiesofmumbai #mumbaihistory #amchimumbai #historyofmumbai #mumbaiheritage #mumbaistories #talesofmumbai #heritageofmumbai #aboutmumbai #georgewittet (at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQVV72iMaYK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Bhakti Yatra Day 2. Welcome to Mumbai. We don't count 20 hours in the air. This is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. You know--the whole Brit thing. India is change. #CSMVS #BhaktiYatra2019 #Mumbai #India #Yatra #Hejira #riverrunpictures.com #PrinceOfWalesmuseumOfWesternIndia #HareKrishna #Brahma (at Mumbai, Maharastra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtAK0QGAe8u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12iu6soqnumta

Bhakti Yatra Day 2. Welcome to Mumbai. We don't count 20 hours in the air. This is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. You know--the whole Brit thing. India is change. #CSMVS #BhaktiYatra2019 #Mumbai #India #Yatra #Hejira #riverrunpictures.com #PrinceOfWalesmuseumOfWesternIndia #HareKrishna #Brahma (at Mumbai, Maharastra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtAK0QGAe8u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12iu6soqnumta

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Photo taken as Roms mikes up for the lecture on the three 'emperors' on the Allahabad Pillar, and the worldview of each. She spoke of how the Mauryan state under Ashoka saw itself as a sort of defender of the faith, with marriage and trade relations with the post-Alexandrine Greek states to the northwest, while keeping a certain aloofness from the people to the extreme south. Of how the Gupta state, with its martial pretensions (since the Guptas had to legitimise non-Kshatriya origins), followed a more aggressive policy towards the south (on stone at least) while building trade networks across the eastern seas, ignoring to some extent the northwest. And finally of how the Timurid Mughal state chose by accident of history the same pillar (or perhaps some understanding that this was no ordinary pillar) to impose its own claims of legitimacy, under Jahangir's someone's majestic, sometimes fanciful imprint, with a worldview that reeks of self assurance if not outright arrogance. Three stories spun out of a single pillar in a neglected city on the Gangetic plain, each masterful (though there were plenty of gaps), and each presenting a portrait of an emperor, who was fallible after all. #RomilaThapar #CSMVS #IndiaAndTheWorld #Museum #Epigraphy #History #Archaeology #Allahabad #AllahabadPillar (at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya)

An #contemporary #art piece? Not so. It's an #archaeological find from west #Midnapur #Bengal #WestBengal #India made out of #copper #sculpture #art #visual #visualart #csmvs #csmvsmumbai #IndiaAndTheWorld #exhibition #world #history #archaeology #instagram #instaphoto