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diamond stones went to the various Indian kings and the great Khan. The
smaller and refused stones were sent to Europe from the port of Guntur
District.”
Diamonds also made their way to other ancient civilizations, going by the
records of the Greek. Incidentally, the word diamond has its roots in the
Greek word, adamas ‘indestructible’.
Pliny in his work Naturalis Historiae, in 77 CE records, wrote,
“Most large precious stones are of Indian origin.” Pliny calls them Adamas
from India.
Ptolemy in 140 CE mentions about diamond mining in India by the
Adamas River.
Krishna-river
(The Greeks referred to the Krishna river in South India as the Adamas river.
A 300-km-stretch along this river has been the scene of intense diamond
mining activity since millennia.)
It was only much later, during the colonization of India, that most of these big
diamonds were prized away to Europe and America.
Truly, the Golconda diamond history is a long and fascinating one.
The material has been sourced from @bharathgyan. This research team, led
by a passionate husband-wife duo - Dr. DK Hari and Dr. Hema Hari, unearth
some of India’s untold stories and make them contemporary. You can click
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The Story Of Kohinoor
June 17, 2018
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department
of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore
Sometime back I was at a jewellery shop in Mysuru where the owner was
my good friend. A minor film actress walked into the shop and expressed