Now you know there are no "Nizams" in India and Hyderbad was a fictional place made up by H. Rider Haggard for one of his novels, I believe called King, of the Khyber Rifles. The "Nizam of Hyderbad" explained to the captain of the Br. Army unit that had captured the fort, that there was no gold there because he had "eaten it all."
A likely story.
As a matter of fact there are no places in India at all. The cities and towns on the map are also fictional. Nobody actually refers to them as places but they put them on maps for western comsumption, so foreign people won't think the country is getting out of hand. (There are 4.5 billion people in India and the avg. age is 10. Ignore the census reports, how could they count them all?) The civic boundaries are roughly figured according to people per square mile, railway yards, and the density of certain classes of civil servants. The names of "cities" are taken from Rudyard Kipling novels. In actual fact the names you see that looks like "Punjab" is actually prounced (approx) Poonjieaheeaeyebby and it means "your mother in law's cottage by the cow path". This covers a lot of territory over there.
Everyone in India is given an ounce of gold when they are born, an ounce of gold when they turn 16, and an ounce of gold the following year when they marry their cousin. Royal decree may increase these quantities soon, so expect the price of gold to rise sharply.
I believe the part about powdered pearls being an afro-dizzyac because they are very high in viagra. The same goes for lobster shells, and insect wings. It's the oyster shell you are supposed to eat, not the oyster. Just don't do this stuff at home kids, unless supervised by an adult.
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