Museum
The Original Fasting Buddah
At the Lahore Museum.
The Lahore Museum
Lahore has always been known as a city of magnificent architecture, which makes the city a great attraction. The Lahore Museum is a building that is interesting not only because of its architecture, but also because it provides a documentation of the various eras of the Sub-Continent. Therefore, the Lahore Museum is a magnificent place to visit.
The Lahore Museum was built in the British era. It is built of red sandstone and has a small garden in the front courtyard. It is located on the Mall road, which has always been a famous road in and after the British era.
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Pottery on display in the Lahore Museum
Our Trip to the Museum
History has always been my favorite subject and I was always curious to know about past civilizations and what sort of life the people of that age used to have. Fortunately, I also happened to visit the Lahore Museum, which is known for its collection of rare antiques. The Lahore Museum is a very fascinating place.
Indus toys on display in the Lahore Museum.
This adventure, as I term it, began as my attention was grabbed by the amazingly carved dancing girl. This belonged to the Indus Valley Civilization section. The dancing girl was adorned with equisite jewelery which included bangles and necklaces. Then there were some utensils, used by the Indus people on display. They were mostly made of mud and clay. Next I saw the remarkably made game similar to our game of chess. It clearly showed a mastermind's creation behind it. I found these things admirable as they showed the intelligence and creativity of this civilization.
To my surprise, I found some more historical
figures as I moved on to the Gandhara Section. The delicacy, with which these
models had been made, left me spell-bound. These wonderful pieces of art exuded
a certain air of charm as well as mystery . Surrounded by these figures, I
felt as if I had jumped into the past and was in some sort of imaginary land.
Among all the impresive figures, the one I liked the best was idol of the
Fasting Buddha. The idol clearly showed the features of Buddha as it was engaged
in some sort of meditation.
The General Section, too had various sophisticated things on exhibit and remained yet an an other source of my fascination. It was a blend of historical things found to the date. The weapons used in warfare were especially interesting to see. The swords and the shields particularly those used in the Mughal Era were quite impressive. This experience proved to be quite interesting. It also contradicted the fact that history is boring. In fact, it further built up my interest in history and proved that studying history could be worthwhile if it were concerned with such things as I had viewed. In the end, it seemed as if I had just witnessed the kaleidoscope of human civilization in a fantastic phantasmagoria.
Scenes from Buddah's life on the lower part of a stupa in the museum.