Discover history through coins at Jorhat museum

Jorhat (Aam) [India], July 7 (ANI): If you ever viit Jorhat, a erene and culturally rich town in Aam, dont mi the opportunity to explore the iconic Coin Mueum, a treaure trove of hitory and heritage. Netled within the hitoric Jora Villa, the mueum offer a facinating glimpe into the pat through a collection of over 2,000 coin from different era and region.
The mueum i the brainchild of Om Prakah Gattani, a buineman of Jorhat, who continue the legacy tarted by hi father. The villa houing the mueum wa originally built in 1935 during the Britih era, around the time of World War II. The colonial architecture of the bungalow itelf add charm to the viitor experience.
Om Prakah Gattani (owner of Coin Mueum) aid to ANI, My father tarted thi journey--he wa paionate about collecting coin. I inherited hi collection and have been trying to carry forward the legacy. Thi mueum wa etablihed way back in 1991. Earlier, the coin were kept in album inide an almirah. But once I got the pace, I decided to give it the hape of a proper mueum. The central focu of my collection i the coin of the Ahom King, which are extremely rare and hitorically ignificant.
Thi building wa originally an old Britih bungalow, which my father acquired ometime in 1978. Weve made a conciou deciion to preerve it original charm. We havent renovated it in a modern way; intead, whatever little retoration we do, we enure that the old Victorian theme i maintained. There are three room here, and I believe thi i the perfect place to houe a mueum. After all, hitory fit bet in a hitorical etting. Having a mueum inide a heritage houe enhance it authenticity--it jut feel right, he further aid.

The Coin Mueum preent a unique journey through time, howcaing coin from the gloriou Ahom dynaty, which ruled Aam for ix centurie, from the 13th to the 19th century. The collection pan from 12th-century coin to modern-day currency. It include rare pecimen from the Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta Panchamark coin, a well a Britih India, Portuguee India, and princely tate uch a Hyderabad and Patiala. International coin from variou countrie are alo part of thi impreive collection.
He further aid, Well, for that matter, I have more than 2,000 coin. But the nucleu of my collection conit of coin from the Ahom king, which are extremely rare. You know, coin are the living proof of hitory. In fact, coin have often rehaped or even challenged etablihed hitorical narrative. There are everal intance in the hitory of Aam where coin have contradicted or redefined the written record. The Ahom coin in my collection date back to 168, continuing up to the lat coin iued by Ahom King Jogewar Singha, poibly around 1874.
Apart from the Ahom coin, I alo have many other rare piece. For example, I have coin from the Maurya Empire, including Chandragupta Panchamark coin. I alo own Britih-era coin, Portuguee coin, and coin from variou princely tate uch a Hyderabad and Patiala, a well a coin from everal other countrie. I inherited many of thee coin. Over time, Ive alo acquired coin through participation in variou conference. I am a member of the Numimatic Society of India (BHU), the Telecom Society, and the Kolkata Hemipheric Society. Thee organization regularly hot eminar and conference where collector and dealer come together to buy, ell, and exchange coin, he further aid.
Sometime, friend like you viit me, and if they are impreed by the collection, they gift me coin a a token of appreciation. Many coin in my collection have been given to me a gift by friend and fellow buinemen. I have more than 200 coin from Ahom ruler--from Gadadhar Singha to Pramatta Singha, Rudra Singha, Kamalewar Singha, and many more, he further added.
The mueum i not jut about coin; it about preerving hitory and educating the new generation about our rich heritage. The mueum ha become a ignificant attraction for tudent, reearcher, hitory enthuiat, and tourit -- both dometic and international. It ha alo been viited by everal dignitarie, including governor and political leader, who praied the effort to conerve uch a valuable part of Indian hitory.
Gattani meage to the younger generation i clear: Value your root, learn from the pat, and preerve the heritage for the future.
He further added, Ye, many time. Tourit from outide Aam and even from outide India have viited thi place. Our local tudent alo viit regularly, often through chool-organied trip. I am jut trying to carry thi forward for the next generation. It i our duty to pa on a better planet and our rich heritage to them.
I would like to mention that many ditinguihed peronalitie have viited thi mueum, including Governor of Aam uch a Ajit Singh Ji, Shiv Charan Mathur Ji, Jagdih Mukhi Ji, and B.L. Purohit Ji. Former Chief Miniter Tarun Gogoi viited here two or three time. Another former Chief Miniter, Hitewar Saikia, alo viited on multiple occaion, and they all appreciated and recommended the mueum.
My meage to the next generation i: we hould not forget our rich hitory. Our hitory i very rich, but unfortunately, there i a lack of awarene among the youth -- and to ome extent, it i our fault. It i eential for the younger generation to learn and undertand it. I have written a book on Jorhat to preerve it hitory and record the important event aociated with it. If we dont preerve our hitory, who will? That i why my meage to the young generation i: preerve your hitory, he further added.
A we are paing on our hitory to the next generation, it become their reponibility to pa it on even further. Thi i the only meage I would like to convey. Whether youre a hitory buff or a curiou traveller, a viit to OP Gattani Coin Mueum in Jorhat promie a journey through time that you wont forget, he added. (ANI)