Indian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been looted
was made through the Indian high commission. It is believed the bronze may have been looted from an Indian temple.supported a claim from the Indian high commission for the return of a 16th-century bronze sculpture of saint Tirumankai Alvar from the Ashmolean Museum. This decision will now be submitted to the Charity Commission for approval.”Last May, the Queen Consort Camilla wore Queen Mary’s crown at King Charles’s coronation without the controversial Koh-i-noor diamond.
The governments of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have also claimed ownership of the gem and have demanded its return since India gained independence from the British empire in 1947. More than 200 artefacts were looted by British colonial forces in 1897 in response to a violent trade dispute.
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