The Myth of the Koh-i-noor | William Dalrymple | TEDxJadavpurUniversity

Watch William Dalrymple deconstruct several myths about the most prized jewel in the world, the Koh-i-noor Diamond. In his inimitable style, Dalrymple explains how the Koh-i-noor diamond has been portrayed in history and why most of it is factually incorrect.
William Dalrymple is an acclaimed writer and historian, and one of the co-founders and co-directors of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. A collection of his writings about India, The Age of Kali, won the French Prix D'Astrolabe in 2005. 'White Mughals' was published in 2003 which won the Wolfson Prize for History 2003, the Scottish Book of the Year Prize and shortlisted for PEN History Award, the Kiryama Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2007, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Lucknow "for his outstanding contribution in literature and history" and in March 2008 won the James Todd Memorial Prize from the Maharana of Udaipur.
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[@Saagarak]

Looks like Ted talks doesn't have money to record the audio properly.

[@alexk798]

Poor audio, video. The only saving Grace is the content.

[@Luna.3.3.3]

Can Ted afford a sound man?

[@JojosRainbowAdventure]

Well done!

[@samchaleau]

I worry that a significant amount of contemporary context is removed by modern historians who insert their moralistic ideals on historical events.
Good talk, but after reading his book on this topic, I’m finding it hard not to question his contextual accuracy and biased (and frankly odd) white guilt.

[@restricted6364]

Im planning on buying his books also
Not only for the purpose of finding some historical context
but also cover ups that potentially cross over western academia in general

[@faisalalrashed5322]

20 seconds in I turned off the video because of audio

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[@SreekanthYerram]

He is wrong... it was found on the banks of river krishna, at a village called Kolluru in krishna Dt. Kollur was also the famous mine that yielded other famous diamonds such as the Tavinier Blue amongst others. Godavari in Andhra is a massive river but never had diamond mines on its banks....

[@storrho]

That's but one of many theories to it's origin. The fact is, we'll never know for sure.

[@SreekanthYerram]

@@storrho what theories?? Thats the truth..

[@storrho]

@@SreekanthYerram You can't claim to know the truth about something on which there are no conclusive sources. There are multiple contradicting sources and none of them can be confirmed.

[@storrho]

@@SreekanthYerram "The diamond may have been mined from Kollur Mine,[11][12] a series of 4-metre (13 ft) deep gravel-clay pits on the banks of Krishna River in the Golconda (present-day Andhra Pradesh), India.[13] It is impossible to know exactly when or where it was found, and many unverifiable theories exist as to its original owner.[14"

[@SreekanthYerram]

@@storrho ok.. thanks to Wikipedia, real truth can also be felt concocted and vice-versa.

[@Deepakbadon]

Tedx why you advertise such people thought?

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