Jaipur Museums

It's a museum located in the great Junagarh Fort. The museum is dedicated to royal costumes, textiles and accessories. 'Poshaks' or the ladies ensemble displayed are perhaps the last remnants of the traditional designing styles and workmanship. The museum also reveals a study of changing cultural settings in its display of family portraits of the former rulers. Changes embarked by the western influences appear strikingly.

Jaipur Muesums

Jaipur Government Museum

Situated in the heart of old city and close to the railway station the museum built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1616. The Museum was started in 1908 by the Government of India with the object of collecting and preserving many unique objects of antiquarian interest which were lying uncared for and scattered all over Rajasthan. The Rajputan Museum as it is significantly named, has in its galleries important exhibits from almost all the princely States. The museum's main sections are devoted to Sculptures, epigraphs, Prehistoric antiquities, Arms and Weapons.

( a ) Sculptures constitute the most interesting section in this Museum. The collection is enormously rich and varies from periods ranging from the Gupta to the late Medieval period.

( b )The Epigraphical exhibits which number about one hundred, are unsurpassed in many respects. Of special interest among them are :
++ Brahmi inscription from Barli
++ Inscribed slab from Nagari.
++ Pratapgarh Inscription of Mahendrapala II.
++ Two slabs inscribed with the Drama Harakeli Nataka from Adhai-din-ka-jhonpra.
++ Slab containing drama Lalita Vigraharaj Nataka by somodeva also from Adhai-din-ka-jhonpra.
++ Barla inscription of Prithiviraj Chauhan III.

( c ) A number of important copper plate grants add to the value of rich collection of museum. They include.

( d ) Of the early coins, there are punch marked, Sibi-Janpada, Indo-Greek, Indo Sassanian, Kushan and Gupta coins preserved in the coin cabinet of this Museum. This also contains coins of the Rajput rulers and also contains coins of this museum. This also contains coins of the Rajput rulers and also of the Mughal and Pathan rulers.

( e ) Paintings section contains more than a hundred exhibits, including a dozen rare Chief, Birbal, A Muslim Prince and Farrukshyar deserve mention. These paintings copies only ) depict well known Rajput Kings.

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