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Bengal

Header: Bengal
Also known as: Bengal
Scope note: This term covers undivided Bengal, now divided between the sovereign country of Bangladesh and the state of the Union of India, now known as West Bengal. Between 1947 and 1971, eastern Bengal was known as East Pakistan. After 1971, it was known as Bangladesh.
Broader terms: Asia; India (pre-1947)
Narrower terms: Bangladesh; Harikela (historic); Pallak; West Bengal

165 related objects

album; drawing

Title: Village on the Banks of the Hoogly -- 24 Oct. 1826 -- |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.52 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Bengal

album; drawing

Title: Bengal Hackery |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.136 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Bengal

album; drawing

Title: Native Bullock Carriage - Bengal - 1830 |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.25 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

animal remains; artefact

Museum number: As1972,Q.660.f-j |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

anklet

Museum number: As1896,-.1075.b |
Ethnic group: x84758 Made by:Santal |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IndiaFound/Acquired:Bengal

anklet

Museum number: As1896,-.1075.a |
Ethnic group: x84758 Made by:Santal |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IndiaFound/Acquired:Bengal

armlet

Museum number: As1896,-.1076.a-b |
Ethnic group: x84758 Made by:Santal |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IndiaFound/Acquired:Bengal

bangle

Museum number: As1896,-.1095 |
Ethnic group: x84758 Made by:Santal |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

bangle

Museum number: As1896,-.1096 |
Ethnic group: x84758 Made by:Santal |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

basket

Museum number: As1960,10.34 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bihar (State)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bihar (State)Found/Acquired:Bengal

basket

Museum number: As1960,10.35 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bihar (State)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bihar (town)Found/Acquired:Bengal

basket; balance

Museum number: As1901,0605.22 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IndiaFound/Acquired:Pallak

betel-cutter

Museum number: 2002,0209.5 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

betel-cutter

Museum number: 2002,0209.4 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

block

Museum number: OA+.2299 |
Cultures/periods: x102360 Late Islamic |
Production date: 893 1487 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

book

Museum number: 2005,0620,0.6 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Printed in:Bengal

book-cover

Museum number: 1955,1008,0.6 |
Production date: 1647 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

bottle

Museum number: As,Bh.16.a |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BengalFound/Acquired:India (pre-1947)

bottle

Museum number: As,Bh.17.a |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BengalFound/Acquired:India (pre-1947)

breast-band

Museum number: As1901,0318.6.a |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

breast-band

Museum number: As1901,0318.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

broom

Museum number: As1960,10.22 |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Bihar (State) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Palamau District

cloth

Museum number: As1901,0318.5 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

cloth

Museum number: As1901,0318.6 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Chittagong (town) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

cloth

Museum number: As1901,0318.4 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

cloth

Museum number: As.8328 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Assam (State)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1201.1429 |
Authority: BIOG186072 Ruler:Sayf al-Dīn Firūz Shāh |
Production date: 1488-1490 |
Production place: Minted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1989,0904.3884 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1989,0904.3987 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1989,0904.3881 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1847,1201.1425 |
Authority: BIOG192075 Ruler:Jalal al-Din Muhammad Shah |
Production date: 1414-1431 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1922,0424.4635 |
Authority: BIOG106471 Ruler:Davd Shah Kararan |
Production date: 1572-1576 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: IOC.1805 |
Authority: BIOG115169 Ruler:Sikandar Shah |
Production date: 1358-1389 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1990,0639.127 |
Authority: BIOG192075 Ruler:Jalal al-Din Muhammad Shah |
Production date: 1418-1433 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1989,0904.3747 |
Production place: Minted in:IndiaMinted in:Bengal

coin

Museum number: 1942,0502.1 |
Authority: Issuer:East India CompanyRuler:William IV, King of the United Kingdom |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Minted in:Bengal

container

Museum number: 2014,3025.7 |
Production date: 19thC 20thC (early) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

counterpane

Museum number: 2000,1213,0.1 |
Production date: 17thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Satgaon

cowrie money

Museum number: C.4087 |
Production place: Issued in:BengalIssued in:Africa

cowrie money

Museum number: C.4088 |
Production place: Issued in:Bengal

cowrie money

Museum number: SSB,159.68 |
Production date: 1790-1810 |
Production place: Issued in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1962,1113.1 |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1894,0216.2 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1845,1105.1 |
Production date: 1840-1845 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1872,0701.133 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.15 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure; lamp

Museum number: 1937,0514.1 |
Production date: 1600 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.23 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Bangladesh

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.13 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.5 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Bangladesh

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.10 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Chittagong (town)

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.8 |
Production date: 16thC-17thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1894,0216.3 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1894,0216.1 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Title: bronze figure |
Museum number: 1969,0115.1 |
Cultures/periods: x23216 Pala |
Production date: 750 |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1872,0701.42.a |
Production date: 11thC 15thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.2 |
Production date: 12thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.11 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Chittagong (town)

figure

Museum number: 2017,3038.63 |
Production date: 12th century |
Production place: Made in:Bihar (State)Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.12 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:NepalMade in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.16 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 1894,0216.10 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:KrishnanagarMade in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.9 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.14 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Bengal

finger-ring; seal

Museum number: AF.2291 |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

finger-ring; seal

Museum number: AF.2237 |
Cultures/periods: x109504 Buyid dynasty |
Production date: 10thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

fish-trap

Museum number: As1901,0605.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IndiaFound/Acquired:Bengal

fish-trap

Museum number: As1901,0605.4 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

incense-holder; figure

Museum number: 2014,3025.6 |
Production date: 16thC 14thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

kantha; counterpane

Museum number: 1998,0216,0.3 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:West Bengal

medal

Museum number: 1966,0403.447 |
Producer name: BIOG117928 Made by:Allan Wyon |
Production date: 1893 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

mould

Museum number: As.9624 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Kotah |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BengalFound/Acquired:Kotah

necklace; bead

Museum number: 2004,0406.1 |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

offering-stand

Museum number: 1990,0630.1 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

oil painting

Museum number: 1990,1031,0.3 |
Production date: 1890-1900 |
Production place: Painted in:Bengal

oil-lamp

Museum number: 2001,0611.1 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:OrissaMade in:Bengal

painting

Museum number: 1990,1031,0.2 |
Production date: 1890 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

painting

Museum number: 1990,1031,0.1 |
Production date: 1900 1890 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

painting

Museum number: 1989,0209,0.18 |
Producer name: BIOG9024 Made by:Ajit Chitrakar |
Production date: 1980-1989 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

painting

Title: Red Hill |
Museum number: 2000,1014,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG153165 Painted by:Gopal Ghose |
Production date: 1947 |
Production place: Painted in:Bengal

painting

Museum number: 1994,1107,0.4 |
Producer name: BIOG14681 Painted by:Rabindranath Tagore |
Production date: 1939 |
Production place: Painted in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dartington Hall

painting

Museum number: 2006,0506,0.1 |
Production date: 2006 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

painting; album

Museum number: 1936,0111,0.44 |
Production date: 1800 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

pata

Museum number: 2000,1012,0.50 |
Production date: 20thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

pata

Museum number: 1994,0413,0.1 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Murshidabad District

pata

Title: The 'Gazi' Scroll |
Museum number: 1955,1008,0.95 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Made in:BengalMade in:Murshidabad District

pata

Museum number: 2000,1012,0.51 |
Production date: 20thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

pata

Museum number: 1989,0204,0.74 |
Producer name: BIOG9027 Made by:Dukushyam Chitrakar |
Production date: 1980-1989 |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Midnapore

pellet bow

Museum number: As.5316 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bengal

plaque

Museum number: 2003,1011.1 |
Production date: 19thC(late)-20thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

pot; religious/ritual vessel

Museum number: As1987,17.9 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BengalFound/Acquired:Kalighat

pot; religious/ritual vessel

Museum number: As1987,17.10 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:KalighatFound/Acquired:Bengal

print; costume print

Museum number: 1877,1110.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Day & CoPrinted by:Day & Co |
Production date: 1830-1850

print; costume print

Museum number: 1877,1110.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Day & CoPrinted by:Day & Co |
Production date: 1830-1850

print

Title: Nirmala (1) |
Museum number: 1990,0707,0.85.1-2 |
Production date: 1980-1989 |
Production place: Printed in:Bengal

print

Museum number: 1891,0414,0.188 |
Producer name: BIOG226053 Attributed to:Krishna Chandra |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

print

Museum number: 2016,3051.48 |
Production place: Printed in:Bengal

print

Title: The Honorable Sir Henry Russell, Bart. Chief Justice of Bengal &c |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3966 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:George Chinnery |
Production date: 1812-1836

print

Museum number: 1891,0414,0.195 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bengal

print

Title: View of Kalpy on the Jumna |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1677 |
Producer name: After:Thomas AnbureyPrint made by:Francis Jukes |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Bengal