You need not get surprised by the title above..
You might have thought the value of the book as 5000,10000 or may be 1 lakh maximum.But this book is much much costlier .It is a book on Indian Raasayana Shastra or Alchemy.
Since many hundreds of years, people have been trying to make gold and understand processes related with gold making.Even during Mughal era ,people tried to understand and experiment on gold making Raasayan processes.Many hundreds of English ,came to India to study gold-making science from yogis and Rishis.But they could not get the right way and method of making Gold easily.They went back to England and informed that there are such Yogis who know this science of Alchemy in India.
Among these people ,there was an alchemist Hume ,who decided that he will search and find the person who knows alchemy in India ,and that he will not return empty handed .He went to Himalayas ,wearing saffron clothes
While searching for alchemy ,he went to Punjab and came to know about Swami Yamunanand who knows about the art and science of Gold making.This was the time when English were expanding their presence in India.Hume served Swamiji for six months to get this knowledge.Swamiji asked the Englishman ,his interest in serving him.He told he want to learn Rasaayan .But Swamiji promptly refused to share this knowledge without permission of his Guru.
Then this Englishman took the help of a detective and checked whether Swamiji really had this kind of secret knowledge.The detective after checking for six months informed that Swamiji had 56 processes with him of making Gold.He also informed that Swamiji had a 80 page book which is 1500 years old which contain secret alchemy knowledge.Swamiji got this book from his Guru and that was how he learned 56 processes given in this book.They tried for 4 months to get this book from swamiji secretly,but they failed.
Hume informed the then Governor that this book is very precious and should be obtained at any cost from Swami.Governor started pressurising Swamiji using political contacts and filed cases against him .But Swamiji fought against them for almost one year.Then these people used a prostitute against Swamiji and tried to defame him.
At that time,the English prince and princess were about to visit India.Then Governor made plan to Swamiji that he has to hand over this book to prince and princess in the coming welcome ceremony.
Even French and American spies were working secretly to get this book now.Actually this book was written with ink in which Gold was added and hence the book was really very costly.So swamijis disciples as well as English soldiers were safe guarding this book.
On the day this book was to be presented ,swamiji noted that someone had stolen his book.Governor searched whole ashram but could not get this book.He got terribly upset now.Meanwhile Swamiji was murdered .
France,Germany and America sent spies and searched for this book.French spies stole this book from ashram in a very planned way,but before the French spy could reach Paris,he was killed and American Spies took over the book.The American spy sold this book to an American businessman for huge money.Hearing this France and England tried to get this book from him.But American laws did not permit to take away any book or piece of art against a person's wish.
By then world war started and the world forgot about this incident.
After many years in the1960s ,for the first time people got authoritative information on this book.The wealthy business man who wanted to test the value of this book gave an advertisement in a newspaper that he is planning to sell this book.Then an art lover offered 32 crore dollar as the value of this book.But Broome,the current owner of this book didnot wanted to sell it and he kept it safe in his custody.
Later Indian officials also attempted to get back this book.Even today,this book remains the costliest book ever with a minimum quoted price of 32 crore dollars.
From Mantra Tantra Yantra Vigyan Magazine, Jan 1982
You might have thought the value of the book as 5000,10000 or may be 1 lakh maximum.But this book is much much costlier .It is a book on Indian Raasayana Shastra or Alchemy.
Since many hundreds of years, people have been trying to make gold and understand processes related with gold making.Even during Mughal era ,people tried to understand and experiment on gold making Raasayan processes.Many hundreds of English ,came to India to study gold-making science from yogis and Rishis.But they could not get the right way and method of making Gold easily.They went back to England and informed that there are such Yogis who know this science of Alchemy in India.
Among these people ,there was an alchemist Hume ,who decided that he will search and find the person who knows alchemy in India ,and that he will not return empty handed .He went to Himalayas ,wearing saffron clothes
While searching for alchemy ,he went to Punjab and came to know about Swami Yamunanand who knows about the art and science of Gold making.This was the time when English were expanding their presence in India.Hume served Swamiji for six months to get this knowledge.Swamiji asked the Englishman ,his interest in serving him.He told he want to learn Rasaayan .But Swamiji promptly refused to share this knowledge without permission of his Guru.
Then this Englishman took the help of a detective and checked whether Swamiji really had this kind of secret knowledge.The detective after checking for six months informed that Swamiji had 56 processes with him of making Gold.He also informed that Swamiji had a 80 page book which is 1500 years old which contain secret alchemy knowledge.Swamiji got this book from his Guru and that was how he learned 56 processes given in this book.They tried for 4 months to get this book from swamiji secretly,but they failed.
Hume informed the then Governor that this book is very precious and should be obtained at any cost from Swami.Governor started pressurising Swamiji using political contacts and filed cases against him .But Swamiji fought against them for almost one year.Then these people used a prostitute against Swamiji and tried to defame him.
At that time,the English prince and princess were about to visit India.Then Governor made plan to Swamiji that he has to hand over this book to prince and princess in the coming welcome ceremony.
Even French and American spies were working secretly to get this book now.Actually this book was written with ink in which Gold was added and hence the book was really very costly.So swamijis disciples as well as English soldiers were safe guarding this book.
On the day this book was to be presented ,swamiji noted that someone had stolen his book.Governor searched whole ashram but could not get this book.He got terribly upset now.Meanwhile Swamiji was murdered .
France,Germany and America sent spies and searched for this book.French spies stole this book from ashram in a very planned way,but before the French spy could reach Paris,he was killed and American Spies took over the book.The American spy sold this book to an American businessman for huge money.Hearing this France and England tried to get this book from him.But American laws did not permit to take away any book or piece of art against a person's wish.
By then world war started and the world forgot about this incident.
After many years in the1960s ,for the first time people got authoritative information on this book.The wealthy business man who wanted to test the value of this book gave an advertisement in a newspaper that he is planning to sell this book.Then an art lover offered 32 crore dollar as the value of this book.But Broome,the current owner of this book didnot wanted to sell it and he kept it safe in his custody.
Later Indian officials also attempted to get back this book.Even today,this book remains the costliest book ever with a minimum quoted price of 32 crore dollars.
From Mantra Tantra Yantra Vigyan Magazine, Jan 1982
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