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Sec. II, Ch. 7: The Indian Diamond

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Indian Diamonds.
material, which had brought up the Indian Diamonds in a similar manner to that in which the Cape Diamonds have been carried up the volcanic ducts of Kimberley. Workings at this locality were, however, unsuccessful and resulted in a considerable loss.
There are three extensive districts in India which have yielded Diamonds on a large scale. Of these the most famous is the southernmost improperly termed the Gol-conda region, the old fort of Golconda, in Hyderabad, being far distant. It includes various mines on the Kistna and Godaviri rivers, and other localities in the Madras Presidency, which will be noticed in detail in the following pages. The second great tract lies in the Central Provinces, and includes the mines of Sumbulpur. The third is in Bundelkhund, where are situated the Panna mines.
In addition to these principal areas, a few other localities have yielded Diamonds. They have been found, for example, in Bonai ; in the province of Chutia Nagpur ; and, it is said, near Simla.
An account of the Precious Stones of India was given in a work entitled Mani Mala, by Rajah Sourindro Mohun Tagore, published at Calcutta, in 1879. Although some of the descriptions given are hardly scientific, yet the book contains much that is interesting with respect not only to the history of Precious Stones, but also as to their localities. The following list gives the names of the Indian localities in which the Diamond is said to occur, with the supposed modern equivalents of those names :—
1.   Haima (Himalayas).
2.  Mâtanga (Kistna and Godaviri or Golconda).
3.  Saurashtra (Surat).
4.  Paunda (probably included the Chutia Nagpur
localities).
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