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NATIONAL MUSEUM
The National Museum is one of India's most prestigious institutions. The Indus Valley gallery displays many antiquities excavated from Mohenjodaro and Harappa, like terracotta toys, images and pots, jewellery, seals, bronze and copper implements and sculptures. The most outstanding object here is the lyrical bronze Dancing Girl.
The National Museum also has a rich collection of sculptures. All the major periods are represented here: Maurya, Sunga, Satavahana, Gupta, Pallava, Chanakya, Pala and Sena. Also on view are sculptures from Gandhara and Mathura.
The Bronze Gallery has some superb pieces from the Chola and Pallava period. Among these the Nataraja figure of Shiva and the Kaliya Mardan Krishna are all time greats.
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