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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
of discovery, the description of the object, its material, its exact location in the site by providing layer, depth, trench number, and remarks. The Antiquity. card also provides more or less similar information. It is tied along with the antiquity at the site itself before packing so as to enhance accuracy in identification after it reaches the museum. Further documentation of the same had been done after it reached in the museum. Entry register, accession register and cataloguc card were used for documentation. In the entry register, the identifying number, source, date of cntry, condition of the material, remark etc. were registered. In the accession register, accession number, identification of the material description of the material, period, location, find spot etc. were recorded. In the catalogue card, museum number, locus, site, Taluka, District, Material, Publication, date of discovery, date of accession, date of acquisition in the museum and photograph of the object are recorded. Unfortunately in subsequent years, the very aspect of proper documentation of the collection is neglected may be lack of personal for the same.
Permanent Display
The museum is divided into two halls. The first hall is used for temporary exhibitions. The second hall is used for permanent display. The main purpose of the permanent gallery is to present the cultural progress of the country in general and the region of Gujarat in particular. At present in the permanent gallery, antiquities are distributed in 4 table show cases, 6 wall show cascs and few free standing display boards. Excavated remains from Devnimori, Nagara, Navdatoli, Vagad, Loteshwar, Nageshwar, Nagwada and Bagasra constitute a major part of the display in the permanent gallery. The cxhibits are displayed in chronological scquence right from the Palaeolithic to Historic period. The permanent display starts with a brief introduction about archacological data and its inter-disciplinary approaches in interpreting the past. In the comincncing showcases carly man's tools and the environment in which he lived are cxhibited. Man's journey from hunting gathering stage to food production is displayed in the continuing showcases. The objects displayed for portraying the aforesaid stage arc composite tools like lunates, triangles, borers, burins and polished neolithic tools namely celts and axes. Remains of Harappan and other chalcolithic cultures followed by megalithic and carly historic -i.e. Mauryan, Kshatrap and Gupta related objects are displayed in the succeeding cases. The showcase of Harappan materials display an array of dish-on-stand, bowls, goblets, parts of perforated jar, terracotta ear studs, triangular cakes, shell objects, copper objects, semiprecious stone beads and steatite scals. The chalcolithic culture is represented by display of ceramics from"Navdatoli and Jorwc. The Mcgalithic scction is an array of ceramics of black and red ware with few illustrations of burials and iron objects displayed on the wall. The case of early historic material displays shell objects, bone objects, terracotta toy carts, animal figurines, Roman amphorac, red polished warc, Kshatrap coins and miniature sculptures from Gujarat. Besides the aforesaid objects, amazing monumental evidences of Devnimori stūpa, vihāra, seated terracotta Buddha sculptures and replica of the astounding relic
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