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Ch. 10-B: The Orloff Diamond

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106 THE GREAT DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.
diamond was said to have formed one of the eyes of the famous statue of Scheringam in the Temple of Brama."* These words—" un des yeux de la fameuse statue de Scheringam dans le Temple de Brama," have been copied, with the usual variations by subse­quent writers, who have seldom asked themselves what this " famous statue of Scheringam " could be, or where "the Temple of Brama," was situated, which contained it. The word in Kluge becomes " Sherigan," while in King it assumes the form of " Sheringham, and, from a statue or idol, is transformed to a town.-f· But after a careful investi­gation of all the circumstances we have come to the conclusion that there never was a statue or idol named Scheringam or Sherigan, nor any town named Sher­ingham. The true form of the word seems unquestion­ably to be Srirangam, in English usually written Seringham, and this Seringham is neither a statue, an idol, nor a town, but a fortified island in Mysore, formed by the river Cavery and its branch the Colerün, two miles north of Trichinopoly. At the western extremity of this island stands a magnificent pagoda or Hindu temple, with seven distinct enclo­sures, lofty towers, a gilded cupola, and numerous dwellings of Brahmins, the whole enclosed within an outer wall some four miles in circumference. This is the Hindu temple that has been transformed to the " statue of Scheringham," and town of " Sheringham,"
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