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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Pondicherry Museum''' is an art and history museum located in [[Pondicherry]], India. It is especially noted for its collection of fine [[Lost-wax casting|lost wax]] bronzes form the period of the [[Chola dynasty|Chola Empire]].<br />
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The Museum's collection includes 81 [[Chola art|Chola bronze sculptures]], ranking as one of the largest collections of Chola bronzes.<ref name="Ramakrishnan">{{cite news|last1=Ramakrishnan|first1=Deepa|title=Experts to clean bronze idols in Pondy museum|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/08/27/stories/2002082703660300.htm|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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Artifacts from the archaeological dig at [[Arikamedu]], a [[Yavana]] (Greek) trading port that existed just north of modern Pondicherry in the late first century BCE to the first and second centuries CE.<ref name="DobbieBlessing">{{cite book|last1=Dobbie|first1=Ailine|title=India: The Elephant's Blessing|date=2006|publisher=Melrose Press|isbn=1905226853|page=67}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://art.puducherry.gov.in/museum.html Museum website]<br />
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[[Category:Art museums and galleries in India]]<br />
[[Category:Archaeological museums in India]]</div>->GreenC bot