Indian History Congress Allahabad 1938 Exhibition Souvenir

Suffice it to say that the committee desired to present to the public an - exhibition which was comprehensive in scope and representative in character and that the fruition of their efforts was due to the ungruding cooperation and goodwill of exhibitors of high and low viidegree and from far and near alike. [...] Jamuna Prasad and his band of volunteers who were immensely helpful in controlling the rush of visitors and who in the absenCe of a printed catalogue at the time quickly got up their parts as guides for the various section of the Exhibition. [...] As a matter of fact a long connected history of the social habits manners and customs of the people could be definitely traced with the help of these apparently lumps of burnt clay. [...] The rich collection of the Bharat Kala Bhavan of Benares has been further added to by the valuable paintings sent by some of the Indian states and museums and the paintings now on show in the galleries of this exhibition can easily stand comparison with any other collection in the whole of India. [...] If these original sources were made available in reprint and facsimile to teachers and students as they are in other countries it would be possible to hear the throb of the human heart behind the beat of the war-drum and discern the toiler in field and workshop the humble house-wife and the village priest-cum-schoolmaster the girl drawing water at the well and the lusty shepherd singing love-