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Dancing Girl and Priest King - What's the Difference?
Both statues were found at Muhangidaro and ended up in New Delhi. When India became independent from British colonial rule in 1947, it was partitioned into India and Pakistan. The Priest King was labeled because some archaeologists assume that the Indus might be its theocracy due to a lack of evidence for military-based rule. And the Dancing Girl is based on an initial description that I think relied on colonial ideas of Indian dancers.