British Museum

The British Museum in London is the United Kingdom's - and one of the world's - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. The museum was established in 1753 and was based largely on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on January 15, 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building.

Galleries

Joseph E. Hotung Gallery (Asia)

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Image:IndusValleySeals.JPG|Seals of the Indus Valley Civilization.

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Image:MathuraLionCapital.JPG|The Indo-Scythian Mathura lion capital, 1st century CE.

Related Topics:
Indo-Scythian - Mathura lion capital

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Image:6thPillarOfAshoka.JPG|Fragment of the 6th Pillar Edict of Ashoka (238 BCE), in Brahmi, sandstone.

Related Topics:
Edict of Ashoka - Brahmi

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Image:KanishkaCasket.JPG|The Kanishka casket, dated to 127 CE, with the Buddha surrounded by Brahma and Indra.

Related Topics:
Kanishka casket - 127 CE - Buddha - Brahma - Indra

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Image:CrystalGoose.JPG|A Hamsa sacred goose reliquary, Gandhara, 1st century CE.

Related Topics:
Hamsa - Reliquary - Gandhara

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Image:BimaranCasket.JPG|The Bimaran casket, Gandhara, 1st century CE.

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Image:EmaciatedBuddha.JPG|The Buddha as an ascetic. Gandhara, 2-3rd century CE.

Related Topics:
Buddha - Gandhara

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Hellenistic galleries

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Image:ScythianArchers.JPG|Gold clothing appliqué, showing two Scythian archers, 400-350 BCE. Probably from Kul Oba, Crimea.

Related Topics:
Scythian - Crimea

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Image:PalmyraWoman.JPG|Funerary bust of a woman. Palmyra. Mid-late 2nd century CE.

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