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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2007, 01:37:41 pm »








                                                DIAMOND IN INDIA





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Diamonds have been found in all five continents, but not to the same extent in each. It has been longest known in Asia, where the famous old Indian deposits have probably been known and worked from the earliest times.

Diamonds have been known longer in this country than in any other, and the most beautiful, famous and many of the largest stones were found here. As far back as AD 77, we are told, Pliny (Roman writer) in his Historis Naturalis had given extraordinary information regarding precious stones and metals around the world, a large proportion of them being of Indian origin, he referred to Indian adamas (diamond), smaragdus (emerald), beryl, opal, etc.

In AD 90-60 approx. Ptolemy (Greek astronomer) too refers to the diamond river in India.

The fact that diamonds were known to, and highly prized by, the ancient inhabitants of the country is proved by the rich adornment of the oldest temples of religion with this and other precious stones. The sacred shrines and idols show, moreover, that the art of diamond cutting has been long understood.
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