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00:00And this one.
00:02This one is from Gandharan Chowk.
00:16Medals speak for themselves.
00:18The first thing we got from Kalighat was the Gupto Amol Medals.
00:22But those medals are definitely not in Kolkata.
00:25Some of them are in the 24th British Museum in Benares's Bharat Kala Centre.
00:29To know more about the history of those medals, let's go to the Bharatiya Jadu Hall.
00:34To learn more about those medals, let's go to the Bharatiya Jadu Hall.
00:45When the Gupto Amol Medals were first found,
00:48do you know that they were found in Kolkata?
00:51And they were found in Kalighat.
00:53At that time, no one knew who the Gupto was.
00:55When the Gupto Amol Medals were found,
00:58they were asked where they were going to go.
01:03They were asked where they were going to go.
01:06They were given to Warren Hastings.
01:08Warren Hastings sent them to the Court of Directors in London.
01:12When they sent them to London,
01:15he wrote a note saying that they should be sent to different collections,
01:19both public and private.
01:21This was a very important note.
01:23What does public mean?
01:25British Museum, Ashmolean Museum, and other museums are public collections.
01:29But he also wrote about private collections.
01:32At that time, there was Mr. Hunter,
01:34whose museum is now the Glasgow Museum, the Hunterian Museum.
01:37So, they were sent to different collections.
01:40Some individuals were also collected at that time.
01:45There were individuals then and there are still individuals.
01:48As long as we are here, there will be private individuals who will collect.
01:53This is also a way of generating interest.
01:56We can see it in two ways.
01:58They also have to register their own material.
02:01So that we know what is there in which collection.
02:03But some will be housed in the museum.
02:06That is a major place.
02:08Scholars will come and see and understand.
02:11So, this is the reason why museums do not have everything.
02:15And those who get it can also keep some of it in their own collection.
02:20So, there is a rule.
02:22They have to follow the Treasure Trove Act.
02:24Do we have the image of the coins mentioned by the scholars?
02:29There is not a single coin from Kalighat.
02:32Not a single one?
02:34Not a single one.
02:36To be very precise,
02:38more than 200 coins were found.
02:40He sent 172 to London.
02:43He retained 30 of them.
02:45He would give one to the person who came to meet him.
02:48By doing this,
02:50a group of coins goes to Bharat Kalabhavan Banaras.
02:56There is only one coin in Banaras.
02:59In fact, I did research on this in 2013 when I was working in the British Museum.
03:05And I found out that this hoard exists.
03:09But Warren Hastings did not know.
03:11Warren Hastings knew that all the coins were stolen.
03:14He knew that 24 coins were in the British Museum and the rest were stolen.
03:19So, he was very sad.
03:21And his friend, Nichols,
03:24he was an MP, a Member of Parliament.
03:26He told him that all the coins were stolen.
03:30So, we will not be able to show anything this time.
03:33Because he was on impeachment.
03:35He kept only 24 coins and stole them.
03:37I had received such an important thing.
03:40So, this is how it happened.
03:43Every Tuesday or Monday,
03:45in the name of Detailed Myths, Memories and Masterpieces,
03:48the 7th talk series has started in Bharatiya Jadu Ghar.
03:51There, the story of the Javadriya Khutina of Mudra is told.
03:56Every invention has a history.
03:59And the invention cannot speak for itself.
04:02But a lot of words remain to be spoken by ordinary people.
04:06So, considering this,
04:08we have taken up this invention, Bharatiya Jadu Ghar,
04:11to do a gallery talk.
04:14So, every Tuesday,
04:16we are doing this lecture series in various galleries.
04:21And here is the audience area.
04:24An ordinary person can see it.
04:26It is open to all.
04:28And now, every day,
04:30about 7,000-8,000 people come here.
04:34They come to the Indian Museum.
04:36And especially the students of the school and college,
04:39are eager to listen to our gallery talk.
04:44The students of Bharatiya Jadu Ghar are also happy.
04:47They say that they are learning a lot.
04:51Practically, I have been working with coins.
04:54Last year,
04:56I worked at a private museum in Varanasi for 4 months.
05:01There, I used about 2,000 coins.
05:05And from there, I understood
05:07what it is to read a book,
05:09what it is to look at a picture,
05:11and what it is to look at one's own hand.
05:13Practically,
05:15as long as we can be practical in Rheumatism,
05:18as long as we can learn,
05:20our idea about coins will be very easy.
05:23That's what I think.
05:26We can see different types of motifs on the coins.
05:30One part of this is definitely learned from academics.
05:35When we read different kinds of books in academics,
05:39we will know that.
05:41And after that,
05:43we can come to the museum and see
05:45that what I read,
05:47I came here to the coin,
05:49and I can understand it or not.
05:51I can make up my own thoughts,
05:55my own thoughts,
05:57that yes,
05:59the coin is telling the truth.
06:01And after that,
06:03I can go home and recheck
06:05that yes,
06:07this is what I think.
06:09Not only the coins of Gupto Amol,
06:11but also the coins of ordinary people
06:13from Taksal to Jadughar,
06:15can learn about the Jadghar.
06:17I think it will be a new,
06:19magical journey.
06:21ETB Bharat, Kolkata.