Dear List-ists

Are you aware of any mentions of digs for hidden treasures - in ancient Indian literature (Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrits)? One of such explorations is described in Buddhaghosa's Sumangalavilasini, another one - in the Mahabharata (I, 017-030). 

Artur Karp (ret.)

Chair of South Asian Studies
University of Warsaw

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