Abstract
Peshawar Museum was established in 1905 and is the fourth oldest
museum in Pakistan. It presents a blend mixture of British and
Rajastani architectural elements. It has the largest Gandhara Buddhist
collection of panel reliefs and other sculptures. A lot has been written
on the museum collection but the museum building itself has always
been ignored. Was the museum building originally designed for the
display of antiquities or for some other purpose, if the building was not
originally designed as a museum, how did it end up in becoming a
magnificent repository of sculptures are the kind of questions which
needed to be properly addressed. An attempt is made in the following
pages to answer these question. This research is based on the archival
material now available. A detail description of the architectural
features is given here for the first time.
Nidaullah Sehrai , Muhammad Waqar. (2020) The Peshawar Museum in Retrospect, Journal of Asian Civilizations, Volume 43, Issue 2.
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