India’s first Maritime Museum in Gujarat
Posted on : 05 Dec 2019
Views: 830- Underwater or marine archaeology in India is all set to get a boost with the government deciding to establish a National Maritime Heritage Museum at Lothal, a Harappan site on the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat.
- The museum will also be an independent research centre of underwater archaeology for reconstruction of maritime history, archaeology of boat building and materials traded.
- The museum is being set up with technical help from the Portuguese Maritime Heritage Museum.
- Lothal is the site of one of the oldest ports in India dating to the Bronze Age.
- In India, shipwreck studies were initiated in 1989 off Sunchi Reef in Goa waters.
Article Related Questions
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India’s first Maritime Museum is been recently established by the government in which state of India?
1.Andhra Pradesh
2.Kerala
3.Tamil Nadu
4.Gujarat
Right Ans : Gujarat
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