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CHAPTER II (pp. 21—28). 
The Anthropological Collections. 
Early collections of the Asiatic Society— 21. “ Asiatic Society Illustrated *’ 
(1828)— 21. Catalogues of 1838 and 1849— 22. Extract from. Dr. 
Anderson’s Report of 1867— 22. Progress of the collections : extracts 
from the Reports of 1878-9 and 1880-1— 23. Grant for fittings of 
gallery (1881-2)— 23. Extract from Report of 1881-3— 24. Combined 
ethnological, art and economic collections of the Government of Bengal 
handed over to the Trustees (1887)— 24. Re-arrangement of the ethno¬ 
logical collections— 25. Construction of new gallery (1888-1893)— 25. 
Ethnological collections transferred to Zoological and Anthropological 
Section (1911)— 26. Collection of human skulls— '26. Recent accessions : 
the Abor collection (1911-12) : musical instruments presented by Raja Sir 
Sourindro Mohun Tagore— 27. Utilization of collections for purposes 
of research— 28. 
CHAPTER III (pp. 29—37). 
The Archaeological Section. 
Asiatic Society’s archaeological collection— 29. Its transfer to the Trustees 
and immediately subsequent additions (1876)— 30, Dr. Anderson’s work 
on the archaeological collections— 30. The Bharut Stupa rail— 30. Dr. 
Anderson’s Catalogue (1882-3)— 31. Arrangement of the specimens in 
the galleries according to periods— 31. Sir Alexander Cunningham— 32. 
Mr. C. J. Rodger’s numismatic work— 33. The Broadley collection of 
Bihar antiquities transferred to the Museum (1893)— 33. Preparation 
of casts of Asoka’s inscriptions and collection of Gandhara sculptures 
(1895)— 33. Appointment of Dr. Th. Bloch as First Assistant: his work 
in the galleries— 34. Asiatic Society’s collection of coins placed on loan 
in the Museum (1903) : preparation of a catalogue of the joint cabinets 
— 35. Arrangement of the coins after being catalogued— 36. Transfer 
on loan of the archaeological collection to the Director General of Archaeo¬ 
logy in India and constitution of a separate Archaeological Section 
of the Museum (1910) : progress of the new section— 36. Preparation 
of a catalogue of the prehistoric collection (1912-14)— 37. 
CHAPTER IV (pp. 38—50). 
The Art Section. 
Constitution of the Art Section (1911)— 38. The Bengal Government Art Gal¬ 
lery (1876)— 38. Transfer of collections to new gallery (1911-12)— 39. 
Arrangement of collections— 40. Eastern and Western views of Art— 40. 
Textiles— 41. Wax-cloth— 41. Tie-dyeing— 42. “Bandanas”— 43. 
Embroideries— 43. “ Khinkhobs ” and brocades— 44. Kashmir 
shawls— 44. Metal work— 45. Statuary— 45. Enamels— 46. The 
Picture Gallery— 47. Indian painting— 47. Summary of the arrange¬ 
ment of the collection— 49. Recent acquisitions— 50. 
