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Coordinates: 11°5605N 79°5003E / 11.934824289°N 79.834034604°E / 11.934824289; 79.834034604
 

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11°56′05N 79°50′03E / 11.934824289°N 79.834034604°E / 11.934824289; 79.834034604

The Pondicherry Museum (French: Musée de Pondichéry) is an art and history museum located in Pondicherry, India. It is especially noted for its collection of fine lost wax bronzes form the period of the Chola Empire.

The Museum's collection includes 81 Chola bronze sculptures, ranking as one of the largest collections of Chola bronzes.[1]

Artifacts from the archaeological dig at Arikamedu, a Yavana (Greek) trading port that existed just north of modern Pondicherry in the late first century BCE to the first and second centuries CE.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ramakrishnan, Deepa (27 August 2002). "Experts to clean bronze idols in Pondy museum". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2018.[dead link]
  • ^ Dobbie, Ailine (2006). India: The Elephant's Blessing. Melrose Press. p. 67. ISBN 1905226853.
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