Indian Museum, Kolkata

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The Indian Museum is located in the old city of Kolkata, it is the ninth oldest museum of the world and largest in India. The foundation stone of the Indian Museum was laid down in the year 1814 and has been a centre of multidisciplinary activities ever since. Popularly known as 'Jadughar', it exhibits some of the finest collection of historical importance ranging from contemporary paintings and a sacred relic of Buddha to Egyptian mummies and ancient sculptures. In addition to these, the Indian Museum boasts of some of the most exquisite collections of ornaments, fossils, skeletons, antiques, armours, and stunning Mughal paintings.

There are total sixty galleries divided into six main sections namely: Anthropology, Art, Archaeology, Zoology, Botany and Geology. Some of the main collectables on display here include an Egyptian mummy all of which's organs have been extracted except its heart, a Buddhist stupa from Bharhut, Gautam Buddha's ashes, the Ashoka Pillar which bears the four - lion symbol that went on to become emblem of India, fossilized skeletons of prehistoric animals, an elaborate art collection, precious artefacts, and a fascinating collection of meteorites. 

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