Presentation made by Rajat Shrivastava of K V Cantt, Mathura in the stage 3 of Mathura Genius Award 2009 (Junior Level) organized by Paarth Educational Foundation (www.paarth.in)

1. Welcome to the City Of
Krishna
Mathura

2. Content
 Introduction
 Cultural activities
 Kushan Art
 Prosperity
 Jewels of Mathura
 Mathura of My
Dreams

3. Introduction
 My Birth place Mathura has
very Important
Place in Indian History. since
the 6 B.C when it was ruled by
Kanishk the Kushan King
.Mathura is about 5000 year
old, the city was discovered by
the devil Madura. .During the
region of kansa it was stated
in Asthdyay that Mathura had
a green pasture. It was
surrounded by a long forest
called “vans”. Lord Krishna
used to go for
“Gaucharan.Lord Krishna was
worshipped by all people along
with his brother BALRAM.In 3
B.C century Megasthenes
toured India and described
mathura as place of great
religious worship.

4. Cultural Activities
 Mathura was the center of great Indian
cultural developments. In mathura
,Gandhara, Ratnagiri,Taxila and Nalanda
existed ancient vishnava Buddhist
university. The center of learning focused
on medical art and built by both vishnava
and Buddhist.

5. Kushan Arts
 Art produced during kushan dynasty
in an area which now includes a part
of central Asia, Northern India,
Pakistan and Afghanistan .There are
two Major stylistic division among the
artifacts of the period. the imperial
art of Iranian derivation and Buddhist
art mixed Greco roman & Indian
sources the second more realistic art
was typified by the school in mathura
and Gandhara art. here flourished
side by side all the major religions of
India such as brahmanisn,jainisn and
Buddhism. It is believed that the first
image of lord Buddha was carved in
Mathura.

6. Prosperity
 Mathura had a very prosperous
past after its foundation by
Madura Devil. City is
surrounded by green forest .
In these forest lord Krishna
along with his friends used to
go for grazing by his three
lakhs cows. This indicates that
milk and butter flows through
the streets of Mathura.people
were so prosperous that
Yashoda and Nand baba had
three Lakhs cows. after the
envision of many Muslim ruler
the prosperity of mathura has
decreased. Muslim ruler looted
all the golden ornaments from
the temple of mathura.

7. Jewels Of Mathura
 Now the development of
the city has been started.
Indian oil corporation has
installed its oil refinery
with proper pollution
control and under the
cover of natural
vegetation. Biggest
vetenary college of Asia
also is situated in
Mathura.

8. Mathura Of “My Dreams”
 As my birth place mathura has a very glorious past. It will be
very good if mathura has flyovers to connect with
surrounding areas. We should have a good network of roads
throughout the city. So that Gokul , Nand Gaun and many
other places may be easily linked to Mathura. The Road
Should be broad enough so that the movement of the local
people can be done easily. proper drainage system is a
requirement of the day. supply of water can be improved by
linking the supply to Gokul Bairaj.and a thermal power
station should also be made for the improvement of
electrical supply. for the development of education and
technology level all the schools should be equipped with
latest scientific laboratories.

9. Mathura Of “My Dreams”
 For the health point of view we should have gardens and
plantation of trees along with the road side to decrease
pollution and to increase beauty. proper communication
system should also to be provided by the communication
department .big malls and plazas should also to be
constructed to save the people from local shop owners
who give substandard products and charge more. use of
paper bags at the place of polythene bags. big dustbins
of municipal corporation should be placed in all the
streets for the proper disposal of garbage. Deforestation
should be prevented so that the soil erosion around the
city and Yamuna banks could be prevented

10. Conclusion
 If these developments
could be achieved we
can regain our
glorious past and
place in the annals of
Indian history. then
this will be the
“Mathura of My
Dreams”.

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