Gujarat: Ancient Indian skeleton gets a museum home six years after excavation

The skeleton had been kept in a makeshift shed since its excavation in 2019 due to bureaucratic wrangling.

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The BBC had reported earlier this month that the skeleton had been left inside an unprotected tarpaulin shelter close to the excavation site in western Gujarat state since 2019 because of bureaucratic wrangling.

On Thursday, the skeleton was shifted to a local museum, just a few miles away from where it was unearthed.

Authorities say that it will be placed on display for the public after administrative procedures are completed.

Mahendra Surela, curator of the Archaeological Experiential Museum in Vadnagar where the skeleton has now been shifted, told the BBC that the skeleton was transported with "utmost care" and under the supervision of several experts.