Peshawar Museum

The current collection consists of nearly 14,000 items[citation needed] based on Gandhara, Greco-Buddhist, Kushan, Parthian, and Indo-Scythian culture.

The collection includes art, sculptures, coins, manuscripts, statues, ancient books, early versions of the Quran, weapons, dresses, jewelry, Kalash effigies, inscriptions, paintings of the Mughal and later periods, household materials and pottery, as well as local and Persian handicrafts.

The main interest of the museum's numismatic collection is that the coins were recovered from archaeological sites, including: Shah-Ji-Ki-Dheri, Shari Bahlol, Takht-i-Bahi and Jamal Garhi.

[5] This gallery exhibits wooden facades of mosques, ancient Arabic and Persian inscriptions, fine Multani tiles and ceramics, and the dresses and weapons of Syed Ahmad Barelvi and other historical leaders.

The collection also includes Mughal Islamic metal artifacts in bronze and silver, along with calligraphic specimens and scrolls dating back as far as 1224.

A Buddhist Triad from the Peshawar Museum, similar to the Brussels Buddha . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Great Buddha of Sahri Bahlol , 1909 excavation. Weight: 1.5 tons, about 3 meters tall. Peshawar Museum. [ 4 ]