Patna Museum

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Patna Museum was built in 1917 during the British Raj in the Indian state of Bihar. It was built to house the historical artifacts found in the district of Patna, it is locally known as Jadu Ghar because of its Mughal and Rajput. The items displayed in the museum are archaeological objects, coins, art objects, paintings, instruments, textiles, paintings, thankas, bronze images and sculptures and terra cotta images by Hindu and Buddhist artists. It also has a rare collection of British-period paintings depicting day-to-day life, as well as a fine collection related to the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films I