{"id":53,"date":"2024-09-27T21:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.cu.ac.bd\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:54:05","slug":"bengal-scluptures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.cu.ac.bd\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Sculpture Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Collection of Bengal Sculptures in the Chittagong University Museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sculptures are most valuable objects in a gallery of a museum as a visual representation of the glorious past. They carry a great deal of social-cultural evidences from the days gone by with them. CU Museum
has 52 stone and 25 bronze sculptures in its collection. A large portion of
this collection has come as antiquities confiscated by the country\u2019s customs
and police authorities. The black basalt stone and metal sculptures are
depicting diverse religious belief. Most of them belong to Hindu cults of
\u201cPala-Sen\u201d (AD 800 to AD 1200) dynasty. One Surya image of this collection shows Gupta influence. These Brahmanical and Buddist iconography constitute belief, attitude, implement, style in textile, ornament and coiffure and other ideas from antiquity. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The stone sculptures are in the gallery with a chronological order as Vaisnava, Saiva, Saura, Sakta, and Ganapatya respectively. Those images significantly bear the skill of the sculptors, the urge of the patrons and the devotion of their keepers. The send stone sculpture Garudarudha Visnu of 9th<\/sup> century AD found in Mirsarai, Chittagong is an oldest cult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, wooden and metal sculptures are also carrying the fruits of aesthetic impulse of the artists that very much fascinating to visitors as well as scholars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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View Sculptures in 3d <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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