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State Archaeological Museum
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Façade of the State Archaeological Museum, Kolkata
File:State Archaeological Museum - 1 Satyen Roy Road - Behala - Kolkata 2015-12-12 7779-7782.tiff
Façade of the State Archaeological Museum, Kolkata
Established1962[1]
LocationKolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal[2]
Coordinates22°29′57.80″N 88°19′04.70″E / 22.4993889°N 88.3179722°E / 22.4993889; 88.3179722

State Archaeological Museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological meusium founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia (Bankura) and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from Pandu Rajar Dhibi (Burdwan), terracottas, sculptures, stone and stucco from the Gupta, Maurya, Shunga, Kushana, Pala and Mediaeval times.

There is also a section on ‘Historical Art’ opened in 1963 which displays large number of old terracottas, bronzes, wood-carvings, textiles and manuscripts. Sells several card-sets and other publications; activities include explorations and excavations of historical sites.[3]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh.
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Terracotta sculpture
Copper plate inscription of Mahendrapala.
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Bone artefacts
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Pottery
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Mithuna, Dampati and Lajjagauri
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Ivory artefacts
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Narrative and social scene, discovered from Chandraketugarh
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A terracotta seal
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Marichi
Terracotta moulds
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Terracotta Figurines
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A terracotta plaque
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Terracotta horse

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Roopa-Lekhā. Printed at the I.M.H. Press, Chandri Chowk, Delhi, for the Fine Arts & Crafts Syndicate Limited, Delhi. 2001.
  2. Susan L. Huntington (1 January 1984). The "Påala-Sena" Schools of Sculpture. Brill Archive. pp. 25–. ISBN 90-04-06856-2.
  3. History and Archaeology of Eastern India. Books & Books. 1 January 1998. ISBN 9788185016542.