Collections
The Indian historical collections includes,
- The paintings of legendary Raja Ravi Varma
- Aurangzeb's sword.
- Jade crafted daggers of, Emperor Jehangir, Noorjahan and Shah Jehan.
- A wardrobe of Tipu Sultan and
- A tiffin box made of gold and diamond
The furniture collection belonging from the time of Louis 14th-17th and Napolean. Salar Jung III collected about 43,000 artifacts and 50,000 books and manuscripts out of which only few are displayed in today's museum.
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