A bridge between past and present

Designed by Japan’s Maki & Associates in partnership with Pune-based _Opolis Architects, Bihar Museum combines traditional storytelling with the contemporary principles of New Museology.  | Photo Credit: Mayank Kumar

On November 3, Soumya Pathak, 23, a final-year medical student studying at a medical college in Ambala, Haryana, is exploring exhibits showcasing relics from prehistoric times at the Bihar Museum in Patna. Pathak belongs to Muzaffarpur in Bihar, and is looking at some coins from the Mauryan (321–185 B.C.E) and Gupta ages (early 4th to mid-6th Century C.E.).