[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 87.2.6 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 87.2.6 Travels in India (Ball) 87.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [87.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2.6) As the time of prayer of the Muhammadans approached, three of the servants appointed by the Governor left, and the fourth remaining to wait upon me, I found an excuse for getting rid of him by sending him to buy bread, where he remained a sufficiently long time. For all the people of this country being idolaters, content themselves with rice, not eating bread, and when a person wishes for it it is necessary to have it brought from a distance, from the fortress of the King of Bijapur, where the Muhammadans reside. The Banian, seeing that he was alone with me and the interpreter, after having, with a good deal of mystery, removed his headdress, untwisted his locks, which, according to the usual custom, were bound round his head. Then I observed a small rag appearing amongst these locks, in which there was concealed a diamond, weighing 48 of our carats, of beautiful water and of cabuchon shape, three-quarters of the stone clear, save for a small flaw which was on one side and appeared to penetrate some distance into the stone. The remaining quarter was full of flaws and red spots. - [Previous: 87.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2.5) - [Next: 87.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2.7) - [Up: 87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.87.2.6) · Pramāṇa