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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
mention. Of them, the Pithaka depicting the fricze of six Gopis is outstanding addition, there are a few Jain cosmography charts, patas and vijñaptipatras.
Old Baroda Room
This room contains exhibits of local Maratha and Gujarati art that flourish especially in its golden age under Maharaja Khanderao (1856-1870). This inclu woodcarvings, painted woodwork, late idols, miniature paintings, brocades, kinkh textiles, glass paintings, arms etc.
Some of the interesting exhibits are the painted door-leaves from Bhau-Tambe Wada, beautifully carved windows and brackets and a set of portraits of old citiz and political celebrities connected with Baroda.
Nepalese and Tibetan Gallery
This has a few large-size bronzes, a very big collection of smaller bron representing most of the prominent figures of the lamaistic and Hindu pantheons, re in gilt copper studded with semi-precious stones representing Jataka stories, vati types of mandalas, ritual lamps and vessels, manuscripts and Tibetan temple bann
The big Tibetan mandala used for divination purpose made in the Dept monastery near Lahsa, the Buddhist illustrated manuscript of Prajñāpāramitā, anc Newari manuscript showing various mudras, are noteworthy.
Central Hall
This is a sort of hall of honor and contains souvenirs of the old Gaekw rulers. the old portraits and metal and marble busts of the Maharajas, photos of varic sanads and other documents relating to the history of Baroda State, presentation c. kets, military uniforms, royal dresses, court-turbans, textiles,arms, various minor artic of ivory, black wood etc. and copper urn from which the ashes of Mahatma Gand were immersed at Chandod.
Egypto-Babylonian Gallery
Most of the exhibits here, are colored plaster-casts if famous monuments, statues of kings, and various reliefs of the old as well as the new kingdom, but the is one original mummy of the late period; also several relievos and tombstones which the ex-voto to the holy bull Bukhis of Hermonthis is a unique piece. Of t smaller original finds may be mentioned various alabaster vases of the old kingdo bronzes and fierce statuettes of gods etc. arrow-heads, belonging to the new kingdo small fierce figure of the deities small scarabs etc. of the late period. There is also small collection of Coptic textiles, and an original South-Arabian inscription from. aristocratic tomb. All these taken together present a graphic visual picture of t civilzations of Ancient South Western Asia.
Prehistoric Section
This contains Paleolithic and Microlithic implements collected by Dr. Sankai પથિક દીપોત્સવાંક – ઓક્ટો.-નવે.-ડિસે., ૨૦૦૧ ૨ ૩૯
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