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    Archaeological Site Museum in Haryana

    Haryana Government has decided to set up a Site Museum and Interpretation Centre on Six Acres at Rakhigarhi village in Hisar district.

    The archaeological important site has shown the remains of one of the largest city of the Harappan Civilisation found during the excavations, so far.

    The decision was taken during a meeting of Chief Minister, Haryana and the Chairman of Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development at Chandigarh.

    The Chief Minister would be holding a meeting with the Union Culture Minister shortly so that the excavations at the site could be carried out soon in consultation with the Archaeological Survey of India. [For details, log: www.tribuneindia.com p.7 May 31, 2013]
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    Haryana Chief Minister has announced that for the proposed new project to set up Site Museum and Interpretation Centre at Rakhigarhi, Hisar, there would be no shortage of funds and the state Government would develop Rakhigarhi as a magnificent site to attract national and international tourists. He has directed the concerned officers to expedite the setting up of the project. Chief Minister B.S. Hooda also said that he would be visiting Rakhigarhi on June 12.
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    Haryana is very rich as regards remains of ancient culture and archaeology are concerned.

    Over the years since 1960's more than one thousand sites have yielded evidence of their

    antiquity to explorers and excavators.

    In recent years the Indian and Japanese scholars have joined hands to explore

    and excavate this hidden treasure of our glorious past at a number of sites such

    as Meham, Farmana, Rakhigarhi etc.
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    If all the material remains collected during the explorations and excavations at

    different places are housed under one roof of the proposed Archaeological Site Museum

    at Rakhigarhi, this would surely boost the research on the ancient phases of history !

    Such a collection would facilitate the scholars to interact there and also save their

    valuable time and money being spent today in going to a number of museums and

    repositories.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrRajpalSingh View Post
    Haryana Government has decided to set up a Site Museum and Interpretation Centre on Six Acres at Rakhigarhi village in Hisar district.

    The archaeological important site has shown the remains of one of the largest city of the Harappan Civilisation found during the excavations, so far.

    The decision was taken during a meeting of Chief Minister, Haryana and the Chairman of Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development at Chandigarh.

    The Chief Minister would be holding a meeting with the Union Culture Minister shortly so that the excavations at the site could be carried out soon in consultation with the Archaeological Survey of India. [For details, log: www.tribuneindia.com p.7 May 31, 2013]
    Excellent initiative. It is a bit late to set something up like this but why not. It is badly needed. Such museums should have been set up decades ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nrao View Post
    Excellent initiative. It is a bit late to set something up like this but why not. It is badly needed. Such museums should have been set up decades ago.
    It is welcome step; for, it is said that better late than never.
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    If the proposed Museum and Interpretation Centre at Rakhigarhi comes up to cater the need of preservation of the ancient relics and remains coming out from excavations being carried out at different places in Haryana under one roof, it could go a long way in preservation of Ancient Heritage of India.

    Here long term planning is needed. The authorities of the State and the Central Government involved in setting up this glorious Site Museum should take note of the demand of housing huge collections which are going to emerge in near future as more than 1,000 sites in the State during the exploration stage itself have given proof of containing ancient heritage remains in Haryana only.
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    There are five sites identified as RGR I to RGR 5 in Rakhigarhi, one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley [Harappan] Civilisation. But nearly 70 per cent of the ancient sites total area is under encroachment.

    The village Panchayat of Rakhigarhi has given six acres of land to develop a museum of the artifacts recovered from the excavations, so that these could be saved for the future and it could help in development of tourism in Rakhigarhi.

    For full report log in : www.tribuneindia.com and read Haryana Plus p.1 dated July 2, 2013
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrRajpalSingh View Post
    There are five sites identified as RGR I to RGR 5 in Rakhigarhi, one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley [Harappan] Civilisation. But nearly 70 per cent of the ancient sites total area is under encroachment.

    The village Panchayat of Rakhigarhi has given six acres of land to develop a museum of the artifacts recovered from the excavations, so that these could be saved for the future and it could help in development of tourism in Rakhigarhi.

    For full report log in : www.tribuneindia.com and read Haryana Plus p.1 dated July 2, 2013
    Perhaps, the founding of the Archaeological Museum at the site has fallen prey to some administrative bottlenecks or technicalities as we have heard nothing on the issue after the first press reports came to light !
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