National Museum
Est. 1949, Janpath, New Delhi
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Museum galleries
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Edicts of Ashoka
3rd c. BCE, Girnar,
Gujarat ▒
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National Museum
Est. 1949, Janpath, New Delhi
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Turbaned Male Head, Maurya,
3rd c.
BCE,
Sarnath, UP ▒
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Woman in grief, Sunga,
2nd c.
BCE,
Sarnath, UP
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Carving of a Cave, Sunga,
2nd c. BCE,
Bharhut, MP ▒
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Royal Couple with
Attendants,
Satavahana, 2nd c.
BCE,
Pitalkhora, Maharashtra ▒
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Yaksha, Satvahana, 2nd c.
BCE,
Pitalkhora, Maharashtra ▒
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Salabhanjika
(Railing pillar) Sunga,
2nd c. BCE,
Mehrauli, New Delhi ▒
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Yaksha, Sunga,
2nd c. BCE
Amin, Haryana
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Asitas visit to
Suddhadhana,
Satvahana, 1st-2nd
c. CE,
Amaravati, AP ▒
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Vasantasena,
Bacchanalian relief
with intoxicated courtesan,
Kushan, 2nd c. CE, Mathura, UP
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Buddha with
Naga-Kalika, Gandhara,
2nd c. CE,
Provenance unknown
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Conversion of
Jatilas, Kushana,
2nd c.
CE, Gandhara
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Kubera (god of
wealth) Kushan,
2nd c. CE,
Ahichchhatra, UP
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Ayaga-Frieze:
depicting scenes from Buddha's life and the Jatakas (full) Ikshavaku, 3rd
c. CE,
Nagarjunakonda, AP |
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Buddha, Gandhara,
2nd c. CE,
Provenance unknown
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Buddha's Life
scenes, Ikshavaku,
3rd
c. CE,
Nagarjunakonda, AP
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Bodhisattva Head, Kushan,
3rd c. CE,
Gandhara
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Adoration to
Turban, Ikshvaku,
3rd c.
CE,
Nagarjunakonda, AP
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Shiva Vamana, Vakataka,
5th c. CE, Mansar, Maharashtra
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Dance and Music
group
Gupta, 5th c. CE,
Deogarh, UP
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Head of Parvati, Gupta,
4th-6th c.
CE,
Ahichchhatra, UP
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Rama redeeming
Ahilya
Gupta, 5th c.
CE, Deogarh, UP
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Bust of
Bodhisattva, Gupta,
5th c. CE
Sarnath, UP
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Devaki and
Vasudeva, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Deogarh, UP
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Lakshmana disfiguring Surpanakha,
Gupta, 5th c. CE,
Deogarh, UP
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Buddha Head, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Sarnath, UP
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Yamuna, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Ahichchhatra, UP
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Lovers enjoying
wine, dance and music, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Deogarh, UP
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Ganga, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Ahichchhatra, UP
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Krishna
overturning a cart, Gupta,
5th c. CE,
Deogarh, UP
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Scenes from
Buddha's Life
Gupta, 5th c. CE,
Sarnath, UP
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Durga, Maitraka,
6th c.
CE,
Jhadol, Rajasthan
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Linga showing
Brahma, Vishnu,
Mahesh and Surya,
Gupta, 6th c. CE, UP
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Flying Celestials, Early Western
Chalukya, 7th c. CE,
Aihole
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Lintel Showing Navagrahas,
Pratihara, 8th c.
CE,
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
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Lintel Showing Navagrahas,
Pratihara, 8th c.
CE,
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
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Siddhaikavira, Pala,
8th c. CE,
Nalanda, Bihar
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Avatars of Vishnu, Pratihara,
8th c.
CE, North India
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Uma-Maheshvara, Pratihara
9-10th c. CE, North India
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Ambika,Pala,
10th c. CE,
Sundarban, WB
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Ganesha, Chedi,
10th c. CE,
MP
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Durga
Chedi, 11th c. CE,
Piparia, MP
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Uma-Maheshvara, Pala,
11th c. CE,
Bihar
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Mohini, Western Chalukyan,
11th c. CE, Karnataka
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Mother and Child, Pala,
11th c. CE,
Bengal
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Huntress, Hoysala,
12th c.
CE, Mysore
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Nataraja, Late Chola,
12th
c. CE,
South India
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Lintel Showing
Trinity, Kakatiya,
12th c.
CE,
Warangal, AP
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Vishnu, Late Chola,
12th
c. CE,
South India
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Sarasvati, Chahman,
12th c.
CE,
Pallu, Rajasthan
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Harihara, Gahadavala,
12th
c. CE,
Rajasthan
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Musicians, Hoysala,
12th c.
CE,
Halebid, Mysore
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Kali, Late Chola,
12th
c. CE,
South India
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King Narasimha
as an archer,
Eastern Ganga,
13th c. CE
Konark, Orissa
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Vishnu with
consorts, Eastern
Ganga,
13th c. CE
Konark, Orissa
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Mahisasuramardini, Kakatiya,
13th c.
CE,
Provenance unknown
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Devotee, Vijayanagar,
14th
c. CE,
South India
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Balakrishna (2), Vijayanagara,
15th
c. CE,
South India
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Devi, Vijayanagara,
15th
c. CE,
South India
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Noble enjoying
wine and verses,
Mughal, Jahangir
period, 1620-25 CE
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Ladies enjoying
wine, Mughal,
Shahjahan
period, 1640 CE
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Ragini Nat-Narayana,
Mewar, Rajasthan
1660 CE
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Babur inspecting Gwalior Fort
Baburnama illustration, ~1698 CE
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Ragaputra, Sarang of Raga Megha
Bijapur, Deccan ~1700 CE
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Elephant and
Lion fight
1770 CE, Bundi,
Rajasthan
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Dhola and Maru
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, ~1810 CE
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Harappan
Storage Jar
~2700-2000 BCE
Chanhudaro, Pakistan
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Polished Pillar Base
c. 2600 BCE, Dholavira
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Indus seal
inscriptions Harappan
Gallery ~3500-1000 BCE
Western India and Pakistan
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Harappan Storage Jars
~ 2500 BCE
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Lothal - Artist's impression
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Dholavira - Artist's impression
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Dubious
scholarship, ASI!
(no evidence to justifies this)
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Harappan agendas Old intrigues
in the Harappan gallery at New Delhi National Museum |
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