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INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Which Indus Valley Civilization site would you associate with the bronze statue of ‘Dancing Girl’?
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Bhimbetka
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Kalibangan
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Harappa
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Mohenjodaro
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Explanation:
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: -The bronze image of a dancing girl from Mohenjo-Daro is an important sculpture of the ancient Harappan civilisation. It was made using a technique called the lost-wax technique.
Detailed explanation-3: -The piece was discovered by British archeologist Ernest Mackay in the area of Mohenjo-daro in 1926. It was one of two bronze artworks found at the same site, and shows a more naturalistic pose than the other more formal piece.
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