GK
INDIAN HISTORY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
terracotta
|
|
|
steatite
|
|
|
bronze
|
|
|
red limestone
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1750 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -This statue is a cultural artifact reflecting the aesthetics of a female body as conceptualized during that historical period. The bronze girl was made using the lost-wax casting technique and shows the expertise of the people in making bronze works during that time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dancing Girl figurine was sculpted using the lost wax (cire perdue) process, which involves making a mold and pouring molten metal into it. Made about 2500 BC, the statuette was found in the remains of a small house in the southwestern quarter of Mohenjo Daro by Indian archaeologist D. R.
Detailed explanation-4: -The statue of a dancing girl made of bronze, found in Mohenjo-Daro was the product of “Lost wax-technique". This image of the dancing girl is shown wearing bangles in large numbers up to the arms.