Assam State Museum, Guwahati

The Kamarupa Anusandhana Samiti (The Assam Research Society) which was the pioneer organization in the field of historical and antiquarian studies of Assam, has established the Assam State Museum in 1940, which was formally inaugurated by the then Governor of Assam, Sir Robert Neil Reid.

Rai Bahadur K.L. Barua’s untiring efforts were greatly responsible for the establishment of the Museum. The first building of the Museum was constructed with the money received from public donation and Government grant. Rai Bahadur Naupat Rai Kedia of Dibrugarh had donated a handsome amount for the construction of the museum building. Till the year 1953 it was a non-Government establishment, after which it was taken over by the State Government.

Title / Name of the object  : Mahisasimardini Durga

Type of object  : Stone sculpture

Date / Period    : C. 13th 14th century A.D.

Dynasty / Style   : Pre-Ahom, Vaishnava

Provenance   : Ambari, Guwahati

Material   : Granite

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

                                      

Title / Name of the object  : Nataraja (Dancing Shiva)

Type of object  : Stone sculpture

Date / Period   : C. 13th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style  : Medieaeval

Provenance  : Ambari, Guwahati

Material  : Sand stone

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object   : Surya

Type of object  : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 13th -14th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style  : Medieaeval

Provenance : Ambari, Guwahati

Material  : Granite

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object  : Ganga

Type of object : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 13th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style : Medieaeval

Provenance : Ambari, Guwahati

Material  : Sand stone

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum,   Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object : Uma Maheswar

Type of object : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 10th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style : Pre Ahom

Provenance : Doboka, Hojai

Material : Granite

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

                                      

Title / Name of the object : Brahma

Type of object : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 10th 11th   century A.D.

Dynasty / Style : Pre-Ahom, Brahmanical

Provenance : Guwahati

Material : Granite

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

                                      

Title / Name of the object : Temple Fragment (Flying Vidyadhara)

Type of object  : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 10th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style : Pre-Ahom

Provenance  : Ambari, Guwahati

Material : Granite

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object : Apsara (Flying nymphs)

Type of object : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : C. 10th -11th  century A.D.

Dynasty / Style : Pre-Ahom

Provenance : Numuligarh, Golaghat

Material  : Sandstone

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object : Saraswati

Date / Period : Approx. 800 CE

Dynasty / Style : Mediaeval

Provenance : Sivasagar District

Information courtesy: Descriptive Catalogue on Stone Sculptures of Assam State Museum, Directorate of Museums, Assam

Title / Name of the object : Tribal Durga

Type of object  : Stone sculpture

Date / Period : Late Mediaeval Period

Provenance   : Mangaldoi

Information courtesy: Ancient Treasures of Assam, Through Assam State Museum, Guwahati

The exhibits of the Museum are displayed in different galleries :

1. Freedom Fighter Gallery.

2. Painting Gallery

3. Ethnography Gallery

4. North East Gallery

5. Village Life of Assam Gallery

6. Sculpture Gallery

7. Manuscript Gallery

8. Arms and Ammunition Gallery

9. Epigraphy Gallery

10. Pre & Proto-historic and Terracotta Gallery

11. Numismatics and Metallic Sculptures

12. Textile Gallery

13. Wood Craft Gallery

The museum gives a clear picture of Assamese rich culture and art besides the varied traditions and culture of Northeastern states in general.

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