Return of Leiden copper plates should spark efforts for further repatriations, say Indian archaeologists
The return of the Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates charter from the Netherlands this week marks a watershed event in the history of the repatriation of India's invaluable bronzes, stone sculptures, and carved temple pilasters, according to historians and archaeologists. The artefacts, which have been in the possession of Leiden University for almost two centuries and are popularly known as the…
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