"Cosmology to Cartography" A Cultural journey of Indian maps - An exhibition at National Museum, Janpath > 11th August to 11th October 2015

Time : 
11th August : 5:30 pm - Opening by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC) of Culture and Tourism and Minister of State for Civil Aviation
in the presence of Shri Narendra Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture and HE Richard Verma, Ambassador of United States of America to India
11th August to 11th October : 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays) Add to Calendar 11/08/2015 10:00 11/10/2015 17:00 Asia/Kolkata "Cosmology to Cartography" A Cultural journey of Indian maps - An exhibition Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/08/cosmology-to-cartography-cultural.html Special Exhibition Hall 1, National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi-110011 DD/MM/YYYY  - Exhibition on View

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Venue : Special Exhibition Hall 1, National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi-110011

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Event Description : "Cosmology to Cartography" A Cultural journey of Indian maps from the collections of Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad and National Museum.

Cosmology to Cartography explores the representation of the ordered world in the Indian sub-continent through a unique collection of maps, which will open at National Museum next week.

The exhibition draws on the Kalakriti Archive, a solo initiative of Prashant Lahoti and boasts of India’s most comprehensive private collection of historic maps. The exhibition has been curated by Dr Vivek Nanda and Dr Alex Johnson.

Hyderabad-based Kalakriti Archive, which is bringing in all but two of the 72 maps in the exhibition, will facilitate a virtual travel back in time to the genesis of early cosmological representations of the ‘World of Mortals’ to the growth of modern map-drawing.

Curated by: Dr Vivek Nanda and Dr Alex Johnson

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