Thread by @MeghdootDiaries

Looting Our Heritage: This appeared 50 yrs ago, on the systematic loot of our heritage right under the Govt. nose.

Figures & images sawed off temple walls MP-UP border, exported in parcels < 20kg to evade exchange rules in 70s
@temples_reclaim @TIinExile @artist_rama
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2. (Cont.).. On Feb 26, 1970, many rare south Indian bronzes & entire collection of Indus valley seals were stolen from Price of Wales museum in Bombay

100s of Rajput paintings were removed from a private museum in Jaipur
@IndiaPrideProj @TIinExile @LostTemple7 @Lost_History1

3. (Cont.).. "What happened in post independence did not happen even in the darkest days of our history, systematic loot of our glorious heritage."

There are many Ghaznis within our kith and kin..
@artist_rama @InfoVedic @devkshetra @LostTemple7

4. (Cont.). The article in the 2nd half rambles into helpless and pity. I empathize with the writer but disagree with his tone. It was disaster & deserved more media aggression. The Govt. shld have taken accountability.
We shld now aim get this antiquity back! @MinOfCultureGoI