The Plunder of India's Past

Speaker: Dr. Kirit Mankodi, author of The Queen’s Stepwell at Patan who is associated with a Project for Indian Cultural Studies founded by Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals, Private, Ltd., Mumbai 

 

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

 

The lecture will consider the loss of India's sculptural heritage through the illegal export of antiquities. This will be done with the help of visuals from such monuments as Atru, Nagda, Bharhut, Patan and others. Some cases where repatriation of smuggled sculptures was possible will also be mentioned