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The Gujari Mahal Archeological Museum or State Archaeological Museum, sometimes called the "Gwalior Fort Museum", is a state museum in Gwalior, located in the fortress of Gujari Mahal. [1] It displays numerous artifacts of the region, including a fragment of the Garuda capital of the Heliodorus pillar from Vidisha .
The outer structure of the Gujari Mahal has survived in an almost total state of preservation, the interior has been now converted into an archaeological museum. Within Gwalior Fort, also built by Man Singh Tomar, is the Man Mandir Palace, [18] built between 1486 CE and 1517 CE. The tiles that once adorned its exterior have not survived, but at ...
The Gujari Mahal now a museum, was built by Raja Man Singh Tomar for his wife Mrignayani, a Gujar princess. She demanded a separate palace for herself with a regular water supply through an aqueduct from the nearby Rai River.
Gujari Mahal also called Gwalior Fort Museum located in Gwalior Fort. It was built by Raja Man Singh Tomar for his wife Mrignayani, a Gujar princess. The Scindia School is situated in the historic Gwalior Fort. This school was established in 1897 by Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia. It is one of the most expensive school of India. [3]
The 15th century Gujari Mahal is a monument to the love of Raja Mansingh Tomar for his Gujar Queen, Mrignayani. The outer structure of Gujari Mahal has survived in an almost total state of preservation; the interior has been converted into an archaeological museum housing rare antiquities, some of them dating back to the 1st century A.D.
[1] [2] The south side, being the longer side of the rectangular palace complex, has seven doorways on the ground level, and nine doorways on the second story opening into the central rectangular courtyard. [1] [2] The east and north sides are in ruins and only the remains of the ground floor, with no roof, still exist today. [1] [2]
For example, the reliefs of Stupa No.2 in Sanchi are dated to the last quarter of the 2nd century BCE due to their similarity with architectural motifs on the Heliodorus pillar as well as similarities of the paleography of the inscriptions. [40] A remaining fragment of the Garuda capital is located at the Gujari Mahal Museum in Gwalior. [35]
He gave Rs. 1.5 million for the reconstruction of Gwalior fort's boundary wall and the broken parts of Man Mandir, Gujari Mahal, and Johar Kund. In 1886 Gwalior fort and Morar cantonment, with some other villages, which had been held by British troops since 1858, were exchanged for Jhansi city.