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We have traced the legend of previous stones in the eyes 
of Jagannath in the following authors :— 
1. Friar Odoric de Pordenone (c. 1321) may be understood 
as describing the idol of Jagannath. had a collar of gems 
about its neck, and was as great as St. Christopher. 
. Tavernier, who was at Hugli in 1666, writes that the 
idol had two diamond eyes, and a diamond hanging from its 
neck. A jeweller, who was making off with them, was struck 
down on the threshold by the irate god. 
3. The Vabcirat-ul-Nazirin, referring to facts which oc- 
curred between 1690 and 1713, states that the eyes of the idol 
consisted of two jewels, and that the statue was sent to Aurang- 
zib at Bijapur, where it was broken on the steps of the mosque. 
us Bae given our reasons for considering this story as apocry- 
phal. 
4, The ubiquitous Manucci, writing between 1699 and 
1701, relates how two Portuguese, brothers, dressed up as jogis, 
were a to live in the temple and ran away with its 
diamonds. 
5. On August 4, 1701, C. Biron passing near Puri, heard 
of two rubies in the eyes of the idol, which was as big as St. 
Christopher. Note the proximity of this date to October 18, 
1701, when Pitt wrote to Sir Stephen Evance about the stone 
which he acquired so soon after. 
6. Fr. G. Tachard, S.J., in a letter from Chandernagar 
(January 18, 1711) speaks of a Frenchman who, disguised as 
a jogt, introduced himself into the temple and stole a ruby 
from one of the idol’s eyes. The story had happened about 30 
years before! 
7. Fr. Bouchet, 8.J., writing from Pondicherry (April 19, 
1719) reproduces part of Tavernier’s description of eS idol, and 
suggests that the other things he relates (the theft of a ruby, 
of France. 
aimed at. Coming so 
iding the stone in a gash in his thigh, 
brought it from the mines of Parkat to Madina 
ane Anquetil du Perron, passing through Puri on June 6. 
» was told that the idol’s eyes consisted of a ruby and a 
carbuncle and that a Dutchman had stolen the rub 
ry . 7: 
es ave also compared with these stories four eatlier ones 
hailing from other places, 
