National Museum New Delhi
Overview
India's largest museum, begun with artifacts shown at the Royal Academy in 1947. The Dancing Girl and Harappan civilization gallery, Gandharan sculpture, Mughal miniatures, and the Buddhist relics gallery with relics of Gautama Buddha. Two hundred thousand objects across five millennia of the subcontinent.
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