Newsinc24 Team 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bringing back priceless artefacts and Indian antiquities from the US. As many as 157 artefacts and antiquities, including exquisite bronze Nataraja from the 12th CE and copper anthropomorphic object of 2000 BC, were handed over by the United States during Prime Minister Modi's visit to the country. PM Modi and President Joe Biden reaffirmed their efforts to combat the theft, illicit trade and trafficking of cultural objects.
PM Modi has conveyed his deep appreciation for the repatriation of antiquities to India by the United States, the government said in a statement on Sunday. The list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set to items ranging from a one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone from the 10th CE to an 8.5 cm tall, exquisite bronze Nataraja from the 12th CE. The items largely belong to the period of 11th CE to 14th CE as well as historic antiquities such as a copper anthropomorphic object of 2000 BC or a terracotta vase from the 2nd CE. Some 45 antiquities belong to Before Common Era, the statement said.
Half of the artefacts (71) are cultural, the other half consists of figurines that relate to Hinduism (60), Buddhism (16) and Jainism (9). The artefacts are made of metal, stone and terracotta."This continues the efforts by the Modi government to bring back our antiquities and artefacts from across the world," the government said.
