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Museum Collections

Museum and private collection catalogues are a major documentary engine of the IJA, preserving copper hoards, coins, terracottas, seals, sealings, sculptures, paintings, inscriptions, and antiquities from state museums, regional museums, research institutes, and private collections. These catalogues turn dispersed objects into research corpora and are especially important for copper-hoards, numismatics, art-iconography-and-sculpture, and epigraphy-and-inscriptions.

Major Institutions and Collections

State Museum Lucknow - Antiquities, terracottas, gold coins, Buddhist sculpture, paintings, and biodiversity-related sculptures.
Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut - Copper hoards, seals, sealings, terracottas, Panchala coins, moulds, and OCP-related objects.
Kailash Deep Shikhar Sangrahalaya / Research Institute, Meerut - Copper hoards and terracotta material.
Government Museum Mathura - Terracottas, stone sculptures, seals, sealings, and Mathura-region art.
Allahabad Museum / Prayagraj collections - Seals, sealings, gold coins, and private collection links.
Kannauj Museum, Buddha Museum Gorakhpur, Rohilkhand Museum Bareilly, Haryana State Museum Jhajjar, Nalanda Archaeological Museum - Regional object corpora.

Key Findings

Catalogues are not secondary work here: The IJA treats cataloguing as a primary archaeological act, especially when objects are unpublished, privately held, or separated from excavation context.
Private collections shape the corpus: Sanjai Agarwal, Aditya Agarwal, Atul Mishra, Shahjad Rai Institute, and other collections recur as sources of important coins, seals, terracottas, and copper hoards.
Object typology accumulates across issues: Repeated catalogues allow comparison of weights, motifs, scripts, iconography, and manufacturing features across institutions.
Lucknow is the largest museum hub: State Museum Lucknow is central for antiquities, terracotta, numismatics, Buddhist sculpture, paintings, and biodiversity studies.
Museum collections bridge topics: The same institution may matter simultaneously for numismatics, epigraphy-and-inscriptions, art-iconography-and-sculpture, and copper-hoards.

Related Articles

Vol 1, No. 1

Copper Hoard Antiquities in Kailash Deep Shikhar Sangrahalaya Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Satish Jain

Vol 1, No. 1

Copper Hoard Antiquities in Shahjad Rai Research Institute Baraut, Bagpat, Uttar Pradesh

Amit Jain

Vol 3, No. 1

Antiquities Of Government Archaeological Museum Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh Part-I

Vijay Kumar

Vol 3, No. 2

Antiquities of Government Archaeological Museum Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, Part-II

Vijay Kumar

Vol 4, No. 1

International Ram Katha Sangrahalaya and Art Gallery, Ayodhya U.P.

Vijay Kumar

Vol 4, No. 1

Terracottas kept in Buddha Museum Gorakhpur

Chandra Sen Gautam

Vol 4, No. 2

Terracottas & Sculptures kept in Buddha Museum Gorakhpur U.P. India

Chandra Sen Gautam

Vol 4, No. 3

Antiquities kept in Aman Singh's Palace, Kalinjar Fort District Banda U.P. India

Vijay Kumar

Vol 4, No. 4

Catalogue of Antiquities of State Archaeological Museum, Lucknow, U.P. India Part-I: Jain, Bauddha & Gandhar Antiquities

Vijay Kumar

Vol 5, No. 1

Catalogue of Antiquities of State Museum, Lucknow: Part-II: Antiquities dateable from 3rd century B.C. to 9th-10th century A.D.

Vijay Kumar

Vol 5, No. 2

Catalogue of Antiquities of State Museum, Lucknow: Part-III: Antiquities dateable from 10th century A.D. to Modern Period

Vijay Kumar

Vol 5, No. 3

Catalogue of Terracottas kept at State Museum, Lucknow: Part-I: Terracottas dateable from Pre-Mauryan to Kushan Period

Vijay Kumar

Vol 5, No. 4

Catalogue of Terracottas kept at State Museum, Lucknow: Part-II: Terracottas dateable from Gupta period to Modern Period

Vijay Kumar

Vol 6, No. 1

Copper Hoard Antiquities kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut District Baghpat U.P.

Amit Jain

Vol 6, No. 1

Seals & Sealings kept at State Museum Lucknow U.P.

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan et al.

Vol 6, No. 1

Sealings kept at Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut District Baghpat U.P.

Alok Ranjan & Amit Jain

Vol 6, No. 1

Sculptures found at Sursari Ganga, Kalinjar district Banda U.P.

Vijay Kumar

Vol 6, No. 1

Recently Discovered Images of Pratihara period from Babhaniyav and Mahavan Villages in Varanasi

Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari & Shanti Swaroop Sinha

Vol 6, No. 3

Seals & Sealings kept at Allahabad Museum, District Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Onkar A. Wankhede

Vol 6, No. 4

Seals & Sealings kept in Haryana State Archaeological Museum, Gurukul Jhajjar District Jhajjar Haryana

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Swami Virjanand Daivkarni

Vol 7, No. 1

Seals & Sealings kept at Government Museum Mathura, Patna Museum, Bihar Museum, and Sanjai Agarwal's Collection Bareilly

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Sanjai Agarwal

Vol 7, No. 2

Seals & Sealings kept at Nalanda Archaeological Museum, District Nalanda Bihar

Vijay Kumar & Alok Ranjan

Vol 7, No. 3

Catalogue of Terracottas kept in Pandit Surendra Mohan Mishra Museum Chandausi district Sambhal U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Atul Mishra

Vol 7, No. 3

Terracotta kept at Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut District Baghpat U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 7, No. 3

Terracotta kept at Kailash Deep Research Institute, Rani Mill District Meerut U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Satish Jain

Vol 7, No. 4

Indo-Greek, Kushan & Gupta Gold coins kept in the State Museum Lucknow, U.P. India

Vijay Kumar

Vol 8, No. 1

Medieval & South Indian Gold coins kept in the State Museum Lucknow U.P. India

Vijay Kumar & Anand Kumar Singh

Vol 8, No. 2

A Catalogue of Gold Coins from Delhi Sultanate, Mughal, Awadh, British & Modern Periods, kept in the State Museum Lucknow U.P. India

Vijay Kumar & Anand Kumar Singh

Vol 8, No. 3

Terracotta Collection of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Roohelkhand University, Panchal Museum Bareilly U.P. & Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly U.P.

Vijay Kumar, Vijay Bahadur Yadav & Sanjay Agarwal

Vol 8, No. 4

Terracotta Antiquities kept in Government Museum Mathura district Mathura U.P. India

Vijay Kumar

Vol 8, No. 4

Recently explored some Brahminical & Buddhist Sculptural Remains in Baitarani River Valley, Keonjhar district Northern Odisha

Nishikanta Dwibedi

Vol 9, No. 1

Hoard of Punch Marked coins from district Alwar Rajasthan

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 1

Hoard of Punch Marked coins from district Gonda U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 1

Stone Sculptures kept in Government Museum Mathura district Mathura U.P.

Vijay Kumar

Vol 9, No. 1

Hoard of Ayodhya Coins from district Shravasti U.P.

Vijay Kumar

Vol 9, No. 1

Hoard of Kushan Coins from Rataul district Baghpat U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 1

Hoard of Sultanate Coins from Gangoh district Saharanpur U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 2

Gold Coins of different period kept in Allahabad Museum, Prayagraj U.P. India

Vijay Kumar, Dr. Onkar Wankhede & Mr. Sunil Gupta

Vol 9, No. 3

Copper Hoard Weapons and Tools kept in Shahjad Rai research institute, Baraut district Baghpat Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 3

Catalogue of Terracota Objects Kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut district Baghpat Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 4

Moulds and Sealings of Sunet, Kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut district Baghpat Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar, Amit Rai Jain & Alok Ranjan

Vol 9, No. 4

Hoard of Uninscribed Copper Coins from Kaushambi

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 4

Coins of Panchal Kings Kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute, Baraut district Baghpat Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 9, No. 4

Coins of Panchal King, Achyut Kept in Shahjad Rai Research Institute

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 10, No. 1

Coins of Panchal Kings Kept in Collection of Sanjay Agarwal, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Vijay Kumar, Sanjay Agarwal & Nidhi Agarwal

Vol 10, No. 1

Two Mahishāsuramarddinī Sealings in the Collection of the Nalanda Archaeological Museum

Prashant Srivastva

Vol 10, No. 2

Hoard of Bangles Associated with OCP Culture/Copper Hoard Culture

Vijay Kumar & Amit Rai Jain

Vol 10, No. 2

Catalogue of Silver Punch marked Coins and Uninscribed Copper Cast Coins kept in the collection of Sanjai Agarwal, Bareilly U.P.

Vijay Kumar & Sanjai Agarwal

Vol 10, No. 2

Some Seals & Sealings kept in the Collection of Sanjai Agarwal district Bareilly U.P. and Government Museum Mathura

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Sanjai Agarwal

Vol 10, No. 3

Seals and Sealings Kept in the Collection of Aditya Kumar Agarwal, Prayagraj

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Aditya Kumar Agarwal

Vol 10, No. 4

Seals, Sealings, moulds, ring and jewellery moulds kept in the collection of Aditya Agarwal, Prayagraj U.P.

Vijay Kumar, Alok Ranjan & Aditya Kumar Agarwal

Vol 11, No. 1

Paintings of Awadh School, Company School and Ivory Paintings and Pencil Sketches kept in State Museum Lucknow

Vijay Kumar & A.K. Singh

Vol 11, No. 1

Tracing biodiversity through museum sculptures: A case study of the State Museum Lucknow

Al-Shaz Fathmi