Located a short distance from the entrance to the Ratnagiri Buddhist Archaeological Site (but not accessible from inside the site), the ASI museum was opened in 1998 and displays 238 antiquities from their vast collection of 3,485 artifacts.
The museum is divided across four galleries and is well worth visiting either before or after your visit to the site. The entrance fee is also staggering cheap, just Rs 5/- regardless of your nationality, and it is free for anyone under 15 years of age.
What follows are a few examples of the artifacts that can be seen at the museum, click on any image to view it larger.
Dharmachakra Buddha (10th century) 
Seated Tara (9th-10th century) 
Six armed deity (9th-10th century) 
Dharma Sankha Samadhi Manjushri 
Khasarapana (11th century) 
Lokeswar (10th-11th century) 
Drum slab with Marichi (10th century) 
Chamar Bearer (9th-10th century) 
Drum slab with Tara (9th-10th century) 
Basudhara (9th century) 
Seated Bodhisattva (9th-10th century) 
Dacing female (9th-10th century) 
Jambhala 
Jambhala (9th-10th century)
Head of Buddha (9th century)
Tara (11th century) 
Dhayni Buddha 
Tara (9th century) 
Buddha (10th century)
Stupa with Bodhisattva (10th cebtury) 
Circular inscribed stone (8th century) 
Slab with inscription (9th century) 
Circular seal (12th-13th century)
Inscribed copper plate (9th-10th century)
Bodhisattva Manjushri 
Krishna Yamari 
Buddha in Bhumisparsa 
Maitreya in Varada 
Tara (10th century) 
Dhyani Buddha 
Decorated item 
Buddha in Abhaya 
Decorated bronze 
Decorated item 
Votive Stupa 
Dagger 
Seal (9th-10th century) 
Seal (9th-10th century) 
Seal (9th-10th century)
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Kevin Standage 
I found the dagger very interesting. Is there any more information on it, such as where it was found and attribution to what era ?
thank you
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