Jadughar

E167976

Jadughar is the colloquial Bengali name for the Indian Museum in Kolkata, one of the oldest and largest museums in India, renowned for its extensive collection of art, archaeology, and natural history.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jadughar canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution
museum
alsoKnownAs Indian Museum
city Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
collectionType archaeology
art
natural history
colloquialNameFor Indian Museum
surface form: Indian Museum, Kolkata
country India
culturalSignificance important heritage institution of India
major center for preservation of Indian art and archaeology
hasCollection Buddhist artifacts
Egyptian antiquities
archaeological artifacts
coins and currency
decorative arts
fossils
paintings
sculptures
textiles
zoological specimens
hasFunction education and public outreach
exhibition of historical objects
research in art, archaeology, and natural history
languageOfName Bengali
locatedIn India
Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal
nameMeaning House of magic
notableFor being one of the largest museums in India
being one of the oldest museums in India
region West Bengal
servesAs major tourist attraction in Kolkata
subjectArea Indian history
South Asian art
natural sciences

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Museum alsoKnownAs Jadughar