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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.

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