| Barely a
stone's throw from the Gateway of India is the Prince of
Wales Museum, a magnificent, but somewhat strange
structure, built in a confluence of Gothic and Moorish
styles, and crowned by a sparkling white dome. It boasts
a good collection of ancient Indus Valley artifacts
dating back to 2000 BC, plus some priceless Tibetan and
Nepali Art. There is an entire gallery devoted to
Buddhist tankha scrolls and another to Tibetan bronzes,
but the chief attraction here is the collection of over
2000 miniature paintings from the various art schools of
India. Next to the Museum is the Bombay Natural History
Society, which has an extensive collection of local flora
and fauna. |
