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State Archaeological Museum

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State Archaeological Museum
Façade of the State Archaeological Museum, Kolkata
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Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)[1]
LocationBehala, Kolkata (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
Websitewbtourism.gov.in/museums_of_kolkata

State Archaeological Museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum 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 Medieval times. It is located at the vicinity of Behala Bazar Metro on Diamond Harbour Road and Nafar Chandra Das Road at Behala behind Siddeshwari Kali Temple

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]

The present palatial building was donated by the family of Satyendranath Roy, second son of Rai Bahadur Ambika Charan Roy 1827-1902, especially at the initiative of Rabindranath Roy in the early 1970s.

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Gallery

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

See also

References

  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.


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