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[N.S.] 
According to Alberiini, an idol at Multan had two precious 
stones in its eyes. 
e Jesuits relate in 1604 that the idol of Mahesse 
(Maheswar ?) of Diu had had its eyes (consisting, probably, of 
precious stones) gouged out by a Portuguese soldier. 
inally, Faria y Sousa describes an idol seized at Calicut 
by the Portuguese in 1502, which had two emeralds in its eyes 
and a large ruby on its breast. Another idol at Cranganor had 
three rubies on its forehead. The two passages in Faria y 
Sousa bear some resemblance to Tavernier’s description of the 
Jagannath idol. 
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