 Robert and Lady Horton and party, amongst whom was Baron von Hugel. He writes:—" It is a piece of discoloured ivory, slightly Curved, nearly two inches in length, and one in diameter at the base ; from thence to the other extremity, which is rounded...  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay - Page 140by Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Charles Pridham - Sri Lanka - 1849 - 512 pages
...of the Dalada, if a substitute was prepared, it would be an exact resemblance of the original, and not the least curious fact connected with this antique...least one strong argument against its authenticity. In AD 1815, when the British had become rulers over the whole of Ceylon, and proprietors of the Dalada,... | |
 | Charles Pridham - Sri Lanka - 1849 - 530 pages
...of the Dalada, if a substitute was prepared, it would be an exact resemblance of the original, and not the least curious fact connected with this antique is, that the original promoter of the imposition—which passed it as a tooth of Gautama—did not procure some old man's tooth, and thus... | |
 | Joseph Gerson Cunha - Buddhas - 1875 - 110 pages
...from thence to the other extremity, which is rounded and blunt, it considerably decreases in size." J Elsewhere he continues: — "Not the least curious...Buddhists claim them as a proof of identity, from th« fact of their having boon made the subject of remark centuries ago by the king P/lndu, as recorded... | |
 | Joseph Gerson da Cunha, Joseph Gerson Cunha - Religion - 1996 - 94 pages
...chief priests were privileged to touch it), it was artificial, and of ivory, discoloured by age." t Major Forbes saw it again on the 28th May 1828, during...against its authenticity."! * As regards the stains now observer] in the relic,, we are told that the Buddhists claim them as a proof of identity, from the... | |
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