Mohenjodaro’s Dancing Girl figurine:
- May 25, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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.