Lok Sabha Question No. 91 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Bringing Back of Antiquities
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.91 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2016. ASHADHA 27, 1938 (SAKA)

## BRINGING BACK OF ANTIQUITIES

## + 91. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any list of antique items/statues/idols of national importance which are kept abroad in museums of  different countries;
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether    the  Government  has  received  some  antique  items  from various foreign countries; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Archaeological Survey of India maintains only list of those
- & antiquities  which  have  been  sent  abroad  under  Temporary  Export
- (b) Permit  by  the  Director  General,  Archaeological  Survey  of  India. Information  in  respect  of  the  antiquities  abroad,  not  sent  through Archaeological Survey of India, is not available.
- (c) The Government of India has retrieved twenty eight antiquities from
- & foreign country (Annexure I).

(d)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY PART TO (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.91 FOR 18.07.2016

## LIST OF RETRIEVAL OF ANTIQUITIES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

|   Sl.No. | Description of object              | Provenance                                | Country from which retrieved   | Date/ year of Retrieval   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Sawn stucco Head                   | Nalanda, Bihar                            | U.K. and France                | 1976                      |
|        2 | Nataraja of Chola period           | Sivapuram Tamil Nadu                      | U.S.A.                         | 1986                      |
|        3 | Terracotta Yakashi of Tamluk       | West Bengal                               | U.K.                           | 1986                      |
|        4 | Nataraja of Chola period           | Tiruvilakkadi, Tamil Nadu                 | U.S.A                          | 1986                      |
|        5 | Nataraja of Chola period           | Pathur, Tamil Nadu                        | U.K.                           | 1991                      |
|        6 | Terracotta figures from Bhitargaon | Utter Pradesh                             | U.S.A                          | 1991                      |
|        7 | Amin pillars                       | Amin, Haryana                             | U.K                            | 1979-80                   |
|        8 | Image of Buddha                    | Bodhgaya, Bihar                           | U.S.A                          | 1999                      |
|        9 | Sculpture of Krishnajanma          | Dhubela Museum Chattarpur (M.P.)          | U.S.A                          | 1999                      |
|       10 | Paintings                          | i)Chandigarh Museum ii) Chandigarh Museum | U.S.A U.S.A                    | 10-1-1990 4-3-1979        |
|       11 | Image of Lakulisa                  | Jageswar                                  | U.S.A                          | 2000                      |
|       12 | Decorative Wooden panels (7 nos.)  | Rajasthan                                 | Holand                         | 2001                      |
|       13 | Retrieval of Yogini Vrishanana     | --                                        | Paris                          | 2013                      |
|       14 | Nataraja                           | Tamil Nadu                                | Australia                      | 2014                      |
|       15 | Ardhanareeswar form Australia      | Tamil Nadu                                | Australia                      | 2014                      |

|   16. | Parrot Lady                          | Madhya Pradesh   | Canada    |   2015 |
|-------|--------------------------------------|------------------|-----------|--------|
|    17 | Durga (Mahishmardini)                | J&K              | Germany   |   2015 |
|    18 | Uma Parameshwari                     | Tamil Nadu       | Singapore |   2015 |
|    19 | Bronze image of Saint Manikkavachaka | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    20 | Metal image of Ganesha               | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    21 | Female Figure (Honolulu Museum)      | Eastern India    | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    22 | Male Deity (Honolulu Museum)         | Madhya Pradesh   | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    23 | Floral Tile, Harvan                  | Kashmir          | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    24 | Sri Devi, Chola Period               | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    25 | Bahubali Probably                    | Andhra Pradesh   | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    26 | Metal image of Parvati               | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A     |   2016 |
|    27 | Bronze image of Bhoodevi             | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A.    |   2016 |
|    28 | Bronze image of Chakkrathalwar       | Tamil Nadu       | U.S.A.    |   2016 |