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Yadubir Singh Rawat, director general of the ASI, did not respond to the BBC's questions on the matter.

He says around 9,000 artefacts, including the skeleton, that were excavated from Vadnagar between 2016 and 2022 by the ASI and had been handed over to the Gujarat government have been placed in local museums - except for the skeleton.

However, the state government says the skeleton is still in the possession of the ASI.

Vadnagar is a historically significant region in Gujarat and excavations by the ASI have found traces of human settlements dating back to more than 2,000 years ago.

Interestingly, Banerjee's reports on Mohenjo-daro were never published by the ASI.