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Ch.16: The Taj-E-Mah Diamond, Diamond Works of Sumbhulpore

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XVI.
THE TAJ-E-MAH.
The Diamond Works of Sumbhulpore—Mining Under Diffi­culties—Diamond Seekers at Work—A Famous Region— Robbed and Exiled—A Monarch on the Rack—The Royal Torturer Assassinated—A Gorgeous Bracelet-Royal Gems—Uncivilized Persia—A Strange Story— The Philosophic Content of a Blinded King.
HIS gem is acknowledged to be of Indian origin, and has the character of a Godavery stone. It is like its twin the Darya-i-Nùr, of first water, and is claimed by the diamond finders as a Mahanuddy which in Sanscrit is the synonym of " great river," and is appropriated to the stream which runs from west to east and falls into the Bay of Bengal.
The diamond works of Sumbhulpore are not rich in large first class diamonds, but they have been remarkable for their clear water. The reason of the ill success attending the working of these diamanti-ferous fields is that in the north the jungle, in addition to being pestiferous, is the haunt of the tiger and the leopard. Natives also affirm that it is the only spot in India where the lion has been found. It is rich in gold and produces gems of the first water. The petty chiefs have always striven to keep the know­ledge of this unpeopled mining district to themselves fearing alike the Mahratta and Mohammedan inter­ference. They have generally taken quiet posses­sion of such produce as was washed down the torrent
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