<P> India 's unique status as a producer of diamonds continued to fascinate Europeans . Marco Polo traveled along the coast of India in 1292 , and recorded tales he heard about diamonds being found in deep mountain valleys made nearly inaccessible by heat , lack of water , and venomous snakes . The French traveler Jean Baptiste Tavernier visited the Krishna River diggings in 1665 , and estimated that about 60,000 people were mining diamonds . </P>
<P> India 's unique status as a producer of diamonds continued to fascinate Europeans . Marco Polo traveled along the coast of India in 1292 , and recorded tales he heard about diamonds being found in deep mountain valleys made nearly inaccessible by heat , lack of water , and venomous snakes . The French traveler Jean Baptiste Tavernier visited the Krishna River diggings in 1665 , and estimated that about 60,000 people were mining diamonds . </P>
which foreign traveller discussed diamond mines of india
which foreign traveller discussed diamond mines of india
Jean Baptiste Tavernier
Jean Baptiste Tavernier