The famous Kalibanga museum in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan was reopened to the public over the weekend after a gap of one-and-a-half years. The museum displays artefacts from the early Harappan civilisation of 3000 to 2700 B.C. in the region.
The exhibits include Harappan seals, bangles, terracotta objects and figurines, bricks, grinders, stone balls, and the well-known six fabric pottery repertoire from the pre-Harappan levels of Kalibangan.
The museum also shows images of exposed structures from different levels of excavations at the important archaeological site.
The museum was established in 1983 to showcase the materials found in excavations conducted between 1961 and 1969 at the Harappan site.
The museum was renovated at a cost of ₹ 80 lakh.
Hanumangarh Collector Prakash Rajpurohit, who inaugurated the renovated museum, said visitors would feel proud of the country’s 4,000-year-old civilisation by having a look at the artefacts in the new ambience.
Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) Jodhpur superintending archaeologist V.S. Badigar, Pilibanga pradhan Prem Raj Jakhar and Kalibanga sarpanch Sarita Rani were among those present.
