Field Museum
Located in the main gate of Purana Qila complex, Field Museum is a small archaeological museum that gives a brief history of Delhi and Purana Qila. The museum contains articles mostly excavated in 1955 in the southern area of Purana Qila as well as during the 1969-1973 excavations campaign. The major attractions of the museum are the pieces of Painted Grey Ware pottery and relics dating to around 1000 B.C. that were found in Purana Qila. It is because of the presence of these articles that the site of Purana Qila is believed to be the first city and capital of Pandavas in the great war of Mahabharata. Apart from these the museum houses objects that were found in the area from the Mauryan to Early Mughal period. Terracotta figures from the Mauryan period (300 BC), coins belonging to the period of Muhammad Tughlaq, small stone figurines, glazed ware and seals of different periods as well as 16th century Chinese porcelain and glass wine bottles from the Mughal period are some of them important objects on display.
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