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Sri Pratap Singh Museum photograph
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Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Founded 1898Lal Mandi, Srinagar, on the Jhelum

Kashmir's oldest museum.

Founded under Maharaja Pratap Singh, the museum holds sculptures from ancient temples, terracotta tiles from Harwan, coins, manuscripts, shawls, papier-mâché, arms and paintings. Much of the Valley's material past that survives above ground can be seen here.

Facts

  • The collection has since grown into a newer building beside the original.

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Also in Dogra Rule

The whole period