Maharaja.Ranjit.Sing.. - Gurmat Veechar

CHAPTER II
LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF
THE KOH-I-NOOR
This wonder diamond of India, with its chequered
history running into thousands of years and which
later on came to be known as Koh-i-Noor, had a
legendary origin. It is indeed very difficult to prove
by unimpeachable historical evidence that the great
diamond of which we read in the Puranas and other
ancient Scriptures of the Hindus, was the same which
later on played such an important part in our country's
history; but from the extraordinary size, unsurpassed
brilliance, and other distinguishing features of the
different diamonds about which we read in the
narratives of the various periods, one can reasonably
reconcile their identity. It is true that there is
difference in the weight and size given in the various
records available, and it raises doubts and even
confusion; but we should not attach any great