'Dancing girl's' bare torso restored in Indian textbook after backlash
Summary
An image of the ancient "Dancing Girl" bronze sculpture from Mohenjo-daro was altered to cover her bare torso in a new Indian school textbook, causing criticism from historians. After the backlash, officials decided to restore the original image in digital and future print versions of the textbook.Key Facts
- The Dancing Girl is a bronze figurine from around 2600 BCE, linked to the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
- The sculpture shows a girl standing with one hand on her hip, with her torso originally bare.
- A new grade nine textbook by NCERT showed the girl's torso shaded to cover it.
- Historians criticized the change, saying it distorted an important artefact.
- NCERT is a government-linked organization that manages school textbooks in India.
- NCERT officials said they will replace the modified image with the original version after consulting experts.
- The sculpture has appeared in Indian textbooks for decades without censorship.
- The Dancing Girl statue is kept in the National Museum in Delhi.
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