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ART AND CULTURE - August 2021

Aug 2021

Aug 09, 2021

Union Minister of Culture inaugurates Exhibition on Quit India Movement

  • Union Minister of Culture G. Kishan Reddy today inaugurated an exhibition on the Quit India Movement in New Delhi which has been organised on its 79th anniversary today.
  • As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav being celebrated to mark 75th years of Independence, National Archives of India has organised the exhibition.
  • This exhibition displays the most exquisite collections of memoirs, photographs and other records that bring to life the immense contribution of the movement in achieving independence.
  • The exhibition will remain open from 9th August onwards from 10 AM to 5:30 PM for the public till 8th November this year.

Belgian Collects a Treasure Trove of 60,000 Vintage Tin Boxes

  • The colourful tins piled high around Belgian collector Yvette Dardenne used to contain goods ranging from chocolates, toffees, coffee and rice to tobacco, talc and shoe polish, and come from as far away as India.
  • Yvette Dardenne has accumulated almost 60,000 vintage tin boxes from all over the world since starting her collection some 30 years ago.
  • One of Dardenne's greatest treasures is an intricately patterned box from 1868 showing an emblem with two horses on top, built to hold biscuits made by Huntley & Palmers of Reading, England.
  • It is considered to be the first box to have been lithographed, according to Dardenne.

Aug 08, 2021

World's Earliest-Known Coin Mint and Spade Coin Discovered in China

  • Archaeologists have uncovered 2,640- to 2,550-year-old clay moulds for casting spade coins as well as fragments of finished spade coins at Guanzhuang in Xingyang, Henan province, China. The technical characteristics of the moulds demonstrate that the site — which was part of the Eastern Zhou period (770-220 BCE) bronze foundry — functioned as a mint for producing standardized coins.
  • The origins of metal coinage and the monetization of ancient economies have long been a research focus in both archaeology and economic history.
  • Of these, the hollow-handle spade coin (kongshoubu) minted in China is a likely candidate for the first metal coinage.
  • The spade coin was an imitation of practical metal spades, but its thin blade and small size indicate that it had no utilitarian function.

World's Earliest-Known Coin Mint and Spade Coin Discovered in China

  • Archaeologists have uncovered 2,640- to 2,550-year-old clay moulds for casting spade coins as well as fragments of finished spade coins at Guanzhuang in Xingyang, Henan province, China. The technical characteristics of the moulds demonstrate that the site — which was part of the Eastern Zhou period (770-220 BCE) bronze foundry — functioned as a mint for producing standardized coins.
  • The origins of metal coinage and the monetization of ancient economies have long been a research focus in both archaeology and economic history.
  • Of these, the hollow-handle spade coin (kongshoubu) minted in China is a likely candidate for the first metal coinage.
  • The spade coin was an imitation of practical metal spades, but its thin blade and small size indicate that it had no utilitarian function.

Aug 06, 2021

The Largest-ever Astronomy Museum Opens in Shanghai

  • The world's largest astronomy museum has opened in China—and it looks as if it came from the cosmos itself.
  • Designed by the U.S. firm Ennead Architects, the Shanghai Astronomy Museum boasts an observatory, a planetarium, and a 78-foot-tall solar telescope. The structure spans a staggering 420,000 square feet, and yet you won't find any straight lines or right angles in it.
  • The exhibits and architecture communicate more than scientific content: They will illuminate what it means to be human in a vast and largely unknown universe.

Aug 04, 2021

Silver Coin Found at Keeladi Reveals Economic Activities of Settlement

  • A punch-marked silver coin that was dug out during the seventh phase of excavation at Keeladi has sent a wave of excitement among archaeologists, as they are further able to collate and establish trading activity of the civilisation believed to have flourished on the banks of Vaigai River more than 2,500 years ago.
  • The finding of a single punched-mark silver coin so far is stated to be unique. However, a similar semi-circular silver coin was excavated earlier, during the fourth phase of excavation at Keeladi. The two coins suggest commercial activities belonging to the middle of the 4th century BCE.
  • The designs on the coin, according to Mr. Sivanandam, who is also the Deputy Director, Department of Archaeology, are of the sun, moon, a bull, taurine, and another animal that resembles a dog on one side and a semi-circle with two small geometric L-shaped marks on the obverse.

Aug 02, 2021

Ancient Tamil Inscription Found at Temple near Chirala

  • A 14th century Tamil inscription of the Kakatiyas has been found at Motupalli village near Chirala in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Dr. E. Siva Nagireddy, archaeologist and CEO of Pleach India Foundation, said that it was curious that the Kakatiyas, who were ruling the present Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, came out with inscriptions both in Tamil and Telugu. The residents were also mainly Tamil-speaking then.
  • Dr. Nagireddy, along with R. Dasarathareddy Reddy, president of Motupalli Heritage Society, chanced upon the inscription while documenting the historic Kodanda Ramaswamy temple located on the outskirts of Motupalli, an important port of call on the east coast during the medieval period.
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