The Heras Institute Museum holds valuable and interesting artifacts not only from India but also from West Asia, and it is perhaps the only institution in India to possess Mesopotamian cylindrical seals of various periods.
There were some fine pieces of Pala art, and among the few notable sculptures is a stupa from Nalanda of the 9th c. A.D. with small niches within which are carved pictures of some major events of the life of the Buddha.