Stone sculpture
From the Pala era.
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The Varendra Research Museum is a historic museum in the heart of Rajshahi in western Bangladesh. A white and pink building with ornate arches and balconies stands behind a neat garden, and its halls show ancient stone sculpture, inscriptions, coins and manuscripts from the region's past. It is considered the oldest museum in Bangladesh, the first founded in East Bengal, in 1910. It began as the collection of the Varendra Research Society, took its present name in 1919 and is now run by Rajshahi University. Varendra is the name of an ancient region roughly matching today's northern Bangladesh, known for a school of artisans under the Pala dynasty. The rulers of Rajshahi and Natore gave their collections to the museum, among them Prince Sarat Kumar Ray. You walk through the halls seeing objects from the region's civilisations, then sit in the garden in front of the building. The museum is about 1.4 km in a straight line west of central Rajshahi. Sources differ on its weekly closing day and hours, so check before you go.
From the Pala era.
Ornate arches.
In front.
Central Rajshahi
Sources differ, so check before going.
One to two hours.