PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 30 -- A 2,000-year-old stone sculpture depicting the Basanter Jatak tale, currently housed at the Allahabad Museum, has been selected for display at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS). The piece will feature in a three-month international exhibition on ancient excavations beginning next month.

The sculpture, excavated from the Kaushambi Buddhist site, will be showcased alongside heritage artefacts from several countries, including Greece, Egypt, Rome, and Assyria, as well as exhibits from the British Museum and the Getty Museum in California.

Rajesh Mishra, the deputy curator of the Allahabad Museum, said, "The stone structure is around 2,000 years old and was excavated from a Buddhist site i...