Kohinoor : the story of the world's most infamous diamond / William Dalrymple and Anita Anand.

By:

Dalrymple, William

Contributor(s):

Anand, Anita [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Juggernaut Books, 2016.Description: viii, 239p., 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and color), genealogical table ; 23cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789386228086

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

736.23 DAL 22

Summary: The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemmologists to reconstruct its original form, the authors blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.

The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemmologists to reconstruct its original form, the authors blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction.

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