Great Basses wreck
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The Great Basses wreck is an early 18th century shipwreck on Great Basses Reef, south of Sri Lanka, discovered by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor
, Aurangzeb
, yielded fused bags of silver rupee
s, cannons, and other artifacts, carefully documented, became the basis for The Treasure of the Great Reef.
A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars
, in the January 25, 2010 episode "Shocking Chum".
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
, Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb
Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
, yielded fused bags of silver rupee
Rupee
The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...
s, cannons, and other artifacts, carefully documented, became the basis for The Treasure of the Great Reef.
A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars is an American reality television series on the History Channel, produced in Manhattan by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard...
, in the January 25, 2010 episode "Shocking Chum".