Pakistan demands Mohenjodaro statuette called Dancing Girl

Q.  Pakistan has demanded a bronze Mohenjodaro statuette from India. What is its name?
- Published on 10 Oct 16

a. The Earth Mother
b. The Dancing Boy
c. The Dancing Girl
d. None of the above

ANSWER: The Dancing Girl
 
Pakistan demands Mohenjodaro statuette called Dancing GirlPakistan has gone on an offensive in the cultural front aiming to unsettle India.
  • The warring neighbouring country has demanded a bronze Mohenjodaro statuette called the Dancing Girl
  • This is a 4500 year old artefact which British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler has called perfect.
  • The statute is 10.5 cm or 4.1 inch high in terms of its height
  • It dates around 2500 BC
  • It was discovered in 1926 from the ancient city of Mohenjodaro of the Indus Valley Civilisation in Sindh by British archaeologist Ernest Mackay.
  • Syed Jamal Shah, director General of the Pakistan National Council of Arts has said the statue will be demanded under UNESCO conventions and the aim of Pakistan was “to protect the heritage.”
  • The statue recovered in excavation from the HR area of Mohenjo Daro indicates two major breakthroughs
  • Indus artists knew metal blending and casting as well as other technical aspects of metallurgy
  • Well developed society of the Indus had innovated dance and other performing arts as modes of entertainment

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