Indian Museum
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The Indian Museum is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It
The courtyard of the Indian Museum
The Indian Museum, as completed in 1875, photo c. 1905
The torana and railings (part) from the Bharhut Stupa, before 75 BC
Stone sculpture of Devi Durga
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
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Palaeoloxodon namadicus is an extinct species of prehistoric elephant known from the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene of the Indian subcontinent, and possibly also elsewhere in Asia. The species
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…fossils Buddha Preaching in Tushita Heaven, Amaravati Stupa, Satavahana period, 2d century AD Egyptian Exhibit Stone imprint of Buddha's foot Buddha Palaeoloxodon namadicus, extinct elephant Unicorn seal of Indus Valley Copy of the Lion Capital of Ashoka Skull of Indus Valley inhabitants Young goat with eight legs The…
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
Diagram of a partial skull of a mature female (NHMUK PV M3092) in front-on and side-on views, with the parietal-occipital crest (POC) labeled and reconstructed parts in light grey
Highly speculative size estimate of P. namadicus based on a lost partial femur measured in the 19th century, compared to the largest known specimen of the paracerathere Paraceratherium transouralicum (labelled as Indricotherium transouralicum)
Life restoration