Mohenjodaro’s Dancing Girl figurine:

Subject: Economy

Section: Fiscal Policy

Context:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Museum Expo in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan and also unveiled the Expo’s mascot – a “contemporised” version of the famous Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro.

More about the dancing girl:

The Dancing Girl was discovered from excavation in 1926, by British archaeologist Ernest McKay in a ruined house in the ‘ninth lane’ of the ‘HR area’ of Mohenjodaro’s citadel.
The figurine is made up of Bronze.
This exquisite casting depicts a girl whose long hair is tied in the bun and bangles cover her left arm.
Cowry shell necklace is seen around her neck.
Her right hand is on her hip and her left hand is clasped in a traditional Indian dance gesture.
She has large eyes and a flat nose.