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Detailed explanation-1: -New York: An eighth-century stone sculpture of Goddess Durga and a limestone sculpture from the third century will be returned to India by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest museum in the US.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India, also referred to as the Imperial Museum of Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India as well as in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The temples of Khajuraho, a complex of Hindu and Jain temples, were constructed from the 9th to the 11th centuries by the Chandela dynasty. They are considered one of the best examples of Indian art and architecture. The temples have a rich display of intricately carved sculptures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad-Maharashtra And the caves do so with the many sculptures scattered over the whole area. The many examples of fine Indian sculpture painting deserve a mention too.

Detailed explanation-5: -The subject matter of Indian sculpture was almost invariably abstracted human forms that were used to instruct people in the truths of the Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain religions. The nude was used both to represent the body as a symbol of spirit and to reveal the imagined shapes of the gods.