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India Trip - 2016 - Kolkata - Page 6

Interestingly all the coloured powders and water pistols used in the Festival of Colour are made in China

The Indian Museum is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata, India, in 1814. The founder curator was Dr Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist

A bit more......

Teak carvings.....

Textiles as well.....

Plus early Ivory carvings.....

But like many museums and exhibits in India, everything is dirty and infrastructure is not maintained