Forts & Monuments in Alwar
The Museum
The palace Museum has a wonderful collection of exhibits of the personal wealth
of the Maharajas of Alwar and some rare manuscripts including an illustrated
Mahabharata on a 200 -foot-long scroll, Others prize pieces here after illustrated
manuscripts of GULISTAN, SHAH NAMA, and on EMPEROR Babur's life. There are also
some fine RAGAMALA paintings and miniatures from the Alwar, Bundi, and Mughal
school it has an armory section, which has some historic swords belonging to
the likes of Sultan Muhammad Ghori, Emperor Akbar and Aurangzeb.
The museum has finest collection of Mughal and Rajput painting dating back to
the 18th and 19th centuries and some rare ancient manuscripts in Persian., Arabic,
urdu and Sanskrit gulistan (the garden of rose) Waqiat-I-Babri (autobiography
of the Mughal emperor Babar) and Bostan the garden of spring) are some of the
notable once amongst the collection.
It also has a copy of the great epic 'Mahabarat' painted by the artist of the
Alwar school. A rich collection of the Indian armory is among other exhibits
of the museum. Behind the city palace is an artificial lake built in 1815 A.D.
by Maharaj Vinay Singh with few temples along its banks. A marvelous chhatri
with unusual Bengali roof and arches, also known as the Moosi Maharani Ki Chhatri
is situated in this area.
Forts & Monuments in Alwar:
Bala Qila »
City Palace »
Rani Moosi Chhatri
» The Museum »
Tomb of Fateh Jung
» Purjan Vihar
» Vijay Mandir
Palace
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