Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India & Chair of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020, launched the first ever SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage, during the 19th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (SCO CHG), held on November 30, 2020 in New Delhi, in videoconference format.
- This SCO online International exhibition, first ever of its kind,was developed and curated by National Museum, New Delhi, in active collaboration with SCO member countries.
- The exhibition deployed state of the art technologies like 3D scanning, webGL platform, virtual space utilization, innovative curation and narration methodology etc.
Participating institutions
- The participating institutions were National Museum (New Delhi), Indian Museum (Kolkata), National Museum of Kazakhstan, Dun Huang Academy (China), National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, Museums of Pakistan, State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow (Russia), National Museum and National Museum of Antiquities, Tajikistan and renowned archaeological sites of Uzbekistan.
- Tajikistan: The prime attraction of Tajikistan hall was the 13 meter long reclining – ‘Buddha in Nirvana’ from Ajina-Tepa.
- Pakistan: The Pakistan hall depicted the life of Gautama Buddha and Buddhist Art through a collection of impressive Gandharaart objects from Karachi, Lahore,Taxlia, Islamabad, SWAT and Peshawar museums. These included fasting Siddhartha and foot print of Buddha from Sikri, meditating Buddha from Sahri Bahloi, miracle of Sravasti from Gandhara etc.
- Uzbekistan: The marvels of Buddhist art from ancient Termez, Karatepa, Fayaztepa heritage sites can be seen in the Uzbekistan hall.
(PIB)
