The bronze figure known as the DancingGirl came out of the ground in 1926, and she has been on trial ever since, most recently before the committee deciding whether Indian schoolchildren should get to see her at all.
Critics argue that modifying the ‘DancingGirl’ image alter an important historical object and risked presenting students with an inaccurate understanding of India’s past ....
NCERT will replace the altered image of the Mohenjo-daro ‘DancingGirl’ sculpture in its Class 9 textbook with the original after backlash. Experts said modification misrepresents the artefact ....
The NationalCouncil of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has decided to restore the original image of the famous DancingGirl bronze figurine of Mohenjo-daro after facing criticism over an edited version published in a Class 9 textbook.