PM To Bring Priceless Indian Artefacts Thousands Of Years Old From US
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden committed to strengthening efforts to fight theft, illegal trade and trafficking of cultural objects, the government said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bringing back priceless artefacts and Indian antiquities from the US, one of which is said to be at least 7,000 years old. The US handed over 157 pieces of artefacts to PM Modi, for which he "conveyed his deep appreciation for the repatriation of antiquities to India by the United States", the government said in a statement today.
PM Modi is in the US on a three-day visit packed with bilateral meetings and other important engagements, including an address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
PM Modi and US President Joe Biden committed to strengthening efforts to fight theft, illegal trade and trafficking of cultural objects, the government said.
The list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set to items ranging from a one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone from the 10th CE to an 8.5 cm tall, exquisite bronze Nataraja from the 12th CE.
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