 Two Bahmani tombs house galleries of the museum. | |
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Government Museum, Kalaburagi is a museum in Kalaburagi, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is run by the state government. [1]
| Two Bahmani tombs house galleries of the museum. | |
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| Established | 1964 |
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Government Museum, Kalaburagi is a museum in Kalaburagi, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is run by the state government. [1]
The museum was established in 1964, and expanded in 1997 when a third gallery was added. [2]
Two of the museum's galleries are housed in tombs dating back to the Bahmani period. A third gallery is situated in a newly constructed building. [3]
The museum's collections include sculptures excavated from the Sannati stupa. [1] It also includes more than a hundred coins, including coins from the Vijayanagara and Bahmani period. [3]
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