 The famous Dancing Girl of Moenjodaro, one of the two most powerful symbols of the Moenjodaro civilisation that flourished in the Indus Valley 5,000 years ago, is not in Pakistan, as it should be, but in India. Some time before independence, the exquisitely crafted statuette was sent on loan to the Delhi museum by the Lahore museum, its rightful home. When independence came in August 1947, the priceless piece was still in Delhi and nearly 58 years later, remains there.
| I suspect she's safer there. Since she's buck nekkid, some Islamist would be sure to consider it his holy duty to smash her to pieces. |
Noted art historian Faqir Syed Aijazuddin did not say what efforts, if any, Pakistan had made to retrieve one of its cultural icons. The other famous Moenjodaro symbol is the figure of the Priest King, which is in Pakistan, not India.
| Since he has his clothes on, he's probably safe, until somebody notices he's an infidel and takes a claw hammer to him. |
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