Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c16.s1.t5.1

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Salarjung Museum is an art museum located at Darushifa, on the bank of the Musi river in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded on December 16, 1951, and is one of the three national museums in India. Its collections include more than 1 million objects, and cover a span of more than 2,000 years, and most of them are of the period after 1ˢᵗ century. In addition to Indian ones, it is also known for its collections from China, Japan, Burma, Nepal, Iran, Egypt, Europe and America. It once was the world’s large private collection, and derives its name from the Salar Jung family, which had five of its members serving as Prime Ministers to the Nizam of Hyderabad. Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali