Chapter 1368: Ramayana

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“…… The early Mughal Empire ancient Persian "Ramayana", the reserve price is 10 million rupees, and each increase must not be less than 500,000 rupees, now please start bidding if you are interested!"

"Ramayana, in the early days of the Mughal Empire, it should have a history of four hundred years from now, but it is a good thing!" Liu Dong said in his heart.

The Ramayana and the Mahabharata, another longer epic poem in India, are the foundation of Indian culture and have played a considerable role in the development of Indian literature and religion, and the Journey to the West in Chinese literature has also been influenced by it. Rama's place in Indian culture is even equivalent to Jesus' place in the culture of Christendom.

The Ramayana was originally circulated only orally, with additions, deletions, and deletions, which varied from person to person and from place to place. After it was written, there was still no definitive version. It is generally accepted that among the 7 chapters in the book, the 1st and 7th chapters are late, and the 2nd ~ 6th chapters are the more primitive parts of the book. As a result, this 24,000-verse epic was never written in a single place, dating from the 3rd and 4th centuries BC to the 2nd century AD. The seven chapters of the book are, in order: "Childhood", "Ayuta", "Forest", "Monkey Country", "Wonderful", "Battle" and "Later".

Up to now, Liu Dong has found several treasures that have made him quite rich in the collection of art from ancient India, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, as well as European medieval and modern periods, and the number of works of art in ancient India is quite rare. Therefore, in addition to looking for the real body relics of Shakyamuni that I wanted, the most important thing in this visit to India is to take the opportunity to search for a number of ancient Indian artworks.

Now this Ramayana meets his requirements, because the value is not too high, so he did not wait until the end, and directly after the auctioneer announced the start of the auction, he raised the bidding plate.

This time, Liu Dong did not put on the shelf of the world's richest man, and he still pressed people with his own capital, and he was still the same as most bidders, adding hundreds of thousands, or millions of rupees.

Even so, in the end, there were still few people who could compete with him.

For 18 million rupees, equivalent to a price of about $160,000, Liu Dong took this good copy of the early Mughal Empire's Ramayana.

The next lot of "Ramayana" is a bronze statue of Allah Allah during the 'Tughluk dynasty' of the Delhi Sultanate, which is about 50 centimeters high and exquisitely made, which should be used by rich and noble families when they pray at home. The toning on it is quite thick and in almost perfect condition.

The Delhi Sultanate is the collective name of the ****** regional feudal state ruled North India by the Turkic and Afghan military aristocracy in the 13th ~ 16th centuries, and was named after its capital Delhi.

The "Tughluk dynasty" was the third dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, founded by Gaz Tughluq, which existed for almost a hundred years in the 14th century and the early 15th century. It is equivalent to the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty in China.

It is precisely because of this that this bronze statue of Allah, which has a history of more than 600 years, has nearly doubled the auction reserve price of the "Ramayana" that was just acquired by Liu Dong.

But even so, it is not a problem for Liu Dong, who has a bulging bag.

At Rs 55 million, he is still the last winner.

"Mr. Liu seems to be very interested in these ancient Indian artworks?" Seeing Liu Dong auctioning two lots in a row, Saeed next to him asked with some curiosity.

"Of course, I have a museum under my umbrella! How can I attract tourists if I don't collect more collections?"

"The Old Ming Museum?"

"I didn't expect Mr. Said, who is far away in the Middle East, to know about it!"

"Hehe, there's nothing strange about that. Nowadays, the world's information is so advanced that a message can reach every corner of the earth in a few minutes at most. What's more, Mr. Liu's Yuanming Museum is now famous in the world. The chariot statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and the god of war, the immortal masterpieces of the three Renaissance masters 'Michelangelo', 'Leonardo da Vinci' and 'Raphael', as well as the magical 'Yaochi Sacred Realm', 'Shark's Tears', 'Nine Dragons Jade Cup' and 'Amber Dinosaur'...... It's a pity that I can't find time recently, otherwise I would have visited the Old Ming Museum in person!"

"Mr. Said has won the prize...... If Your Excellency really goes to visit the Yuanming Museum, I am willing to accompany you personally!" Liu Dong smiled.

"Then we're done!" Saeed's eyes lit up.

"Of course!"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Dong frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" After noticing the change in Liu Dong's expression, Said hurriedly asked.

"It's nothing, I just happened to come across a collection that I'm interested in!"

After smiling, Liu Dong immediately turned his head to look at the auction table.

I saw a picture of a Buddha sculpture displayed on the big screens on both sides of the auction table at this moment!

The appearance of this Buddha shows that he has distinctly Greek curly hair and a wide Greek robe, which is clearly an influence of the Hellenism of Central Asia after Alexander's crusade.

"A stone carved Buddha statue during the Gupta Dynasty in ancient India, the low price is 30 million rupees, and the price increase shall not be less than 1 million rupees each time, now please bid if you are interested!"

"35 million rupees!" As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, Liu Dong raised the bidding card in his hand.

"Mr. 188 bids Rs 35 million, is there anything higher?"

"Mr. Liu seems to have made a bit early this move, huh?" said Said.

"When I come across something good, I can't help but want to get it to myself first, so ...... I couldn't hold back!" Liu Dong shrugged slightly.

"Then I wish Mr. Liu another success!"

"Thank you!"

After nodding, Liu Dong raised the bidding sign again, "40 million rupees!"

The high price instantly surpassed the previous highest price of 38 million rupees, and Liu Dong, who competed completely with strong capital, coupled with his prominent status, naturally attracted the attention of the audience.

And Liu Dong's aggressiveness somewhat made the local Indian tycoon frown.

This is India, not China!

But let them offend a world-class rich man with a great future for a Buddha statue of low value, obviously they are also unwilling. There is a serious disproportion between the effort and the gain.

Moreover, in India, ******ism and Hinduism are the fundamental religions, and Buddhism, which once flourished, has long since become a thing of the past.

A Buddha statue is just a work of art at best, and there is no spiritual appeal, so naturally no one is willing to pay a high price for him.

"Rs 45 million!"

Just when Liu Dong thought that he had basically taken this Buddha statue from the Gupta Dynasty, suddenly a slightly shrill voice interjected.

"Huh?"

Frowning, Liu Dong looked in the direction where the voice came, and immediately, a young man wearing a brown suit, with a three-seven-point hairstyle, a slightly pointed chin, high cheekbones on both sides, and a figure that was not too tall appeared in his eyes.

Perhaps sensing Liu Dong's gaze, the young man turned his head and smiled, nodded his head, and then shifted his attention to the auction table again.

Facing the young man's friendly gesture, Liu Dong also nodded slightly to the other party, but did not say too much. For he always felt that there was something different hidden behind the young man's overtures.

"50 million rupees!" Liu Dong held up the bidding sign again, he was not so easy to admit defeat.

"Rs 55 million!"

"Rs 60 million!"

"Rs 62 million!"

"Rs 65 million!"

In just ten minutes, the two had already bid six or seven times in a row, and the price of this Hellenistic Buddha from the Gupta dynasty in ancient India had more than doubled on the original basis.

"Mr. Liu, the current auction price has exceeded the market value of this Buddha statue!" Nancy couldn't help but say.

"I know!"

Looking at Liu Dong, who was unmoved, Nancy frowned and looked good, and in her heart Liu Dong really burned money, "Such an obviously failed investment, didn't he stop it earlier, can't he see that guy just asked him to pay a high price? The richest man in the world? Is it really only this level?"

For any successful entrepreneur, a necessary quality is not how talented he is in business management, but the ability to assess the situation at critical moments, to calmly analyze any situation encountered, whether it is success or failure, and then choose the one that is most beneficial to him.

Obviously, Liu Dong's uncalmness at this moment made Nancy a little disappointed in him.

Of course, Nancy wasn't the only one present. But Liu Dong did this, and naturally he had a reason to do so.

If it weren't for the fact that when the picture of this Buddha statue appeared, the relics in the mustard seed space suddenly jumped twice for no reason, and Liu Dong would not have been so impressed with this Buddha statue.

According to past experience, as long as it can cause the relics to beat, it is either a Buddha relic or a precious Buddhist treasure.

Neither of these two things can be easily given up by Liu Dong.

Moreover, sixty or seventy million rupees is only a little more than a million dollars, which is not even a drop in the bucket, and even if it is multiplied several times in this number, it is far from being a squandering word for him.

"Rs 100 million!"

Liu Dong, who was too lazy to add a little more, directly raised the price to 100 million!

Billion and 10,000 are two completely different units of equal measure, and the feeling in people's hearts is naturally completely different.

The people who felt that Liu Dong was a little uncalm in the bidding just now have almost all turned into envy or even jealousy of his 'wealth'.

And Liu Dong's momentum for this statue is also fully revealed at this moment!

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued.) )