Top 10 biggest Indian treasures yet to be recovered

9. Wreck of the Grosvenor (South Africa)

 

To find this treasure, one might have to go a long way out of India. Grosvenor is considered to be the richest and the biggest British East Indian ship ever lost.

The Grosvenor left Madras to England via Ceylon in March 1782 with precious cargo aboard. On August 4th, 1782, it wrecked on a reef about 700 miles northeast of Cape Town, South Africa.

The cargo on the ship is said to have included 2,600,000 gold Pagoda coins (weight unknown), 1,400 gold ingots (weight unknown), nineteen chests of diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires from India that were all lost to the sea along with the ship.

The ship was claimed to have been found and only a tiny portion of the treasure salvaged, but the rest of the treasure is yet to be discovered.

If the treasure is found in international waters by an Indian, he might have a strong case in declaring its ownership as it will either be taken by Indian government or the finder (maybe an Indian).