A country as diverse as India represents the plurality of its culture.
The Hinduja Foundation endeavours to preserve and protect the rich antiquities of India to educate the present and the future generations.
The Foundation's Antiquity Collection showcases a large number of coins from the times of ancient India. Paintings, bronzes and stone sculptures, terracotta's, wood carvings, erotica, textile, beads, photo archives and rare books also form a part of the enviable collection.
The antiquities of the Collection are of historical interest and are a reflection of the art, crafts, literature, science, religion and customs of the bygone times of India.
Based on the preliminary documentation completed by Hinduja Foundation staff:
The Collection was received uncataloged. To systematically document and catalog the Collection, the Indian Institute of Research in Numismatics, Nashik, successfully carried out detailed documentation in respect of the coins at the Institute in Nashik. The other antiquities have been documented by object experts.
The curating of the Collection is being carried out by a leading archival services firm.
As a continuation of the Hinduja Foundation's longstanding commitment and endeavours across the globe in the promotion of arts and culture and particularly the advancement of knowledge in the cultural ethos of India, to:
