Haryana is all set to host the world’s largest museum of Harappan culture. The museum, which will be set up at Rakhigarhi village in Haryana’s Hisar district, will have an area of over 80 hectares and will house over 100,000 artefacts.
The Harappan Culture
The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture is set to be set up in Rakhigarhi village of Haryana. The museum, which will have an area of over 150 acres, will house artefacts dating back to 3,500 BC. The objective of the museum is to provide an understanding of the Harappan culture and its importance in the history of India.
Rakhigarhi village
The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture is set to be set up in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village. The museum, which will house more than 200 artefacts, is expected to attract tourists from across the globe. The village, which is located in Hisar district, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The museum
The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture is all set to be set up in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village. The museum, which will be known as the Rakhigarhi Harappan Museum, is estimated to cost Rs. 500 crore and will feature over 3,000 exhibits on the life and culture of the ancient Indus valley civilization. The project was conceptualized by archaeologist S.P. Gupta, who has been working on uncovering Harappan sites in Haryana for over two decades now.
The Rakhigarhi site has already yielded a wealth of archaeological evidence that points to this civilization being one of the most advanced in the ancient world. The museum will help consolidate this evidence and make it available to the general public in an easily-accessible format.
The Rakhigarhi Harappan Museum is expected to open its doors to visitors soon.
Funding for the museum
The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture will be set up in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village. The museum, expected to cost Rs 500 crore, will be built over a period of 10 years and will house artefacts dating back to the Neolithic period. The museum will also have a research centre and a library.
How the museum will be set up?
Rakhigarhi is located in Haryana’s Hisar district and is about 125 km from the state capital, Chandigarh. The village has a population of about 3,000 people, most of whom are farmers. In 2015, the government of Haryana announced that it had identified Rakhigarhi as the site for the world’s largest museum of Harappan culture.
The museum will be set up over an area of 10 hectares and will have an initial collection of around 25,000 pieces. The museum will house exhibits on the life and art of the Harappan people, as well as on the way their culture evolved.
The money needed to set up the museum has been raised through donations from individuals and organizations around the world. The project is expected to be completed by 2022.
Conclusion
With over 35,000 artefacts and an estimated worth of Rs 500 crore, the world’s largest museum of Harappan culture will be set up in Rakhigarhi village in Haryana. The government has allocated Rs. 100 crore for the project and it is expected to be operational by 2022. The museum will have an area of 2.5 acres and will house reconstructions of important Harappan sites like Mohenjo-daro, Lothal and Dholavira.
