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a trip to national museum of Pakistan 

We started our journey from home in a car, it dropped us at the nearby bus stop, from there we caught the bus 4L. The bus ride was also an exciting ride, even though I had ridden the bus several times before but every time there is something new to learn and experience. The bus dropped us at ''Burns road'' bus stop, there we took a rickshaw and went to the museum. At the museum, the guard told us that the staff is having a lunch break so we would have to wait for some time. We sat there on the museum's lawn and rested for a while. Then, we prayed Zuhr prayer and my father went to the ticket house to buy tickets, when he came back, we went in to explore the museum. I was really excited to learn about the history of the people that once lived on the I'm living today. First, we entered a room labeled ''proto-historic''. In that room, we saw hand-carved seals, sculptures, idols for worshipping, pots, a chessboard, yoyo, jewelry, weapons, and many more fascinating things carved out of wood and stones by the people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, to be honest, I was really amazed by their way of thinking and art. After exploring that room we went to another room labeled''Gandhara civilization'', their art and way of living were quite similar to the people of Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and India. There were also sculptures and Idols like in the previous room, there we also saw a model of ''Takht-e-Bahi'' located in Mardan (Peshawar), the guide told us that this (Takht-e-Bahi) was a holy place like a mosque to the people of Gandhara, they use to go there, worship and they also use to do research about their religion, he also told us chapli kebab at Takht-e-Bahi are really famous. We also came to know about the two holy books of Hindus ''Mahabharat'' and ''Bhagwat Gita''. We visited several other galleries including the Quran gallery and coin gallery. There was also a room that showed lifestyle and traditions in various provinces of Pakistan, there were hand-sewed, embroidered dresses, dupatta, caps, and kurtas, there was also handmade rings, necklaces, Bengals, bracelets, earrings, forehead bands, and anklets, looking at them I was wondering that how can those women wear them we get really tired just by wearing them for some time on some special occasions but they not only wear them every day but also work really hard. There was also a little description about the lifestyle of every province what they wear? what they eat? what is the common profession there? what is their tradition? what are the commonly grown fruits, veggies, and grains according to their weather? what are their festivals? What's the famous thing about its tradition? and what type of houses do they live in according to their weather?. There was also a little description about the Kelash tribe, their history is quite amazing, they are the Aryans which Sikandar-e-Azam brought along when he entered Hindustan, so they stayed there, but the thing which amazed me the most was that they don't use technology at all. Their religion is a mixture of Hinduism and Budhmat, some of them worship idols, and some worship nature. In the last, we visited the Islamic gallery, in which there is information about Muslim scientists, warriors, and conquerors.

After all, it was an exciting trip, we learned a lot of things and came to know a lot of facts, I think that museums are the best places you can learn something through, especially history