State Archaeological Museum

State Archaeological Museum
	Façade of the State Archaeological Museum, Kolkata
	Façade of the State Archaeological Museum, Kolkata
Established	1962
Location	Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal
Coordinates	22°29′57.80″N 88°19′04.70″E / 22.4993889°N 88.3179722°E

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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]

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Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh.

Terracotta sculpture

Copper plate inscription of Mahendrapala.

Bone artefacts

Pottery

Mithuna, Dampati and Lajjagauri

Ivory artefacts

Narrative and social scene, discovered from Chandraketugarh

A terracotta seal

Marichi

Terracotta moulds

Terracotta Figurines

A terracotta plaque

Terracotta horse

References[edit]

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

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[1] Roopa-Lekhā. Printed at the I.M.H. Press, Chandri Chowk, Delhi, for the Fine Arts & Crafts Syndicate Limited, Delhi. 2001.

[Huntington1984-2] 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.

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