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First Maritime Museum of India to be set up at Lothal
Lothal, a Harappan site of one of the oldest ports in India is located on the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat has been chosen for setting up the first maritime museum, the National Maritime Heritage Museum of India. The Museum will have its own independent research center of underwater archaeology that will work towards an archaeology ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Survey of India • first maritime museum • Gujarat • Lothal • Maritime Museum • Narendra Modi • National Maritime Heritage Museum • oldest port in India • Portugal • Sagarmala • Saurashtra
India’s first Maritime Museum in Gujarat
The Government of India is planning to establish a National Maritime Heritage Museum at Lothal in Gujarat. The museum will also act as an independent research center for archaeology of boat building, reconstruction of maritime history and materials traded. It will hold display of salvaged materials from shipwreck sites in Indian Ocean waters. Underwater Archaeology ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) • ASI Museum • Indus Valley Civilization • Maritime Industry • National Maritime Heritage Museum • UNESCO Heritage Sites
India & Portugal to set up National Maritime Heritage Museum
India and Portugal will cooperate in setting up of a national maritime heritage museum at ancient Indian site of Lothal in Gujarat. Lothal (literally means the mound of dead) was one of port cities of Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Civilization). Key Highlights Background: In March 2019 Government of India allocated a grant for building maritime ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Survey of India • India-Portugal • Indus Valley Civilization • João Gomes Cravinho • Lisbon • National Maritime Heritage Museum • Navy Museum • Portuguese Defence Minister • Sagarmala Programme • Union Ministry of Shipping