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As many as 157 artefacts and antiquities, including exquisite bronze Nataraja from the 12th CE and copper anthropomorphic object of 2000 BC, were handed over by the United States during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the country.
PM Modi and President Joe Biden reaffirmed their efforts to combat the theft, illicit trade and trafficking of cultural objects.
The list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set to items ranging from the one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone of the 10th CE to the 8.5cm tall, exquisite bronze Nataraja from the 12th CE.
The items largely belong to the period of 11th CE to 14th CE as well as historic antiquities such as the copper anthropomorphic object of 2000 BC or the terracotta vase from the 2nd CE.
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Some 45 antiquities belong to the Before Common Era.
While half of the artefacts (71) are cultural, the other half consists of figurines that relate to Hinduism (60), Buddhism (16) and Jainism (9).
Their make spreads across metal, stone and terracotta. The bronze collection primarily contains ornate figurines of the well-known postures of Lakshmi Narayana, Buddha, Vishnu, Siva Parvathi and the 24 Jain Tirthankaras and the less common Kankalamurti, Brahmi and Nandikesa besides other unnamed deities and divine figures.
The motifs include religious sculptures from Hinduism (three-headed Brahma, chariot driving Surya, Vishnu and his consorts, Siva as Dakshinamurti, dancing Ganesha etc), Buddhism (standing Buddha, Boddhisattva Majushri, Tara) and Jainism (Jain Tirthankara, Padmasana Tirthankara, Jaina Choubisi) as well as secular motifs (amorphous couple in Samabhanga, chowri bearer, female playing drum etc).
There are 56 terracotta pieces (vase 2nd CE, pair of deer 12th CE, bust of female 14th CE) and an 18th CE sword with a sheath with an inscription mentioning Guru Hargovind Singh in Persian).
Prime Minister conveyed his deep appreciation for the repatriation of antiquities to India by the United States.
The Modi government has taken a series of steps to safeguard India’s heritage and culture. In November 2020, media had reported about the return of an Annapurna Murti from the University of Regina’s collection at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Canada.
The statue, stolen from India under “more than suspicious circumstances” in 1913, finally returned home to India. This was the second antiquity of high profile returned by Canada during the tenure of PM Modi. In 2015, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had personally handed over the 900-year-old Parrot Lady sculpture of sandstone for return to India.
Many other stolen antiquities and artefacts have been returned to India over the past seven years.
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