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The Indian Museum, founded by Nathaniel Wallich in 1814, is located in Serampore, near Kolkata. Occuping a mansion, the museum features an Egyptian mummy, the Buddhist stupa from Bharhut, the Buddha's ashes, the Ashoka pillar, fossil skeletons of prehistoric, and a collection of meteorites. It also houses antiques, armour, and ormanents.
