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The '''Great Basses wreck''' is an early 18th-century shipwreck on [[Great Basses Reef Lighthouse|Great Basses Reef]], about 12&nbsp;km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered by [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]], yielded fused bags of silver [[rupee]]s, cannons, and other artifacts. The discovery was carefully documented and became the basis for Clarke's 1964 book ''The Treasure of the Great Reef''.<ref name="McAleer">McAleer, Neil. ''Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biography'', Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1992. {{ISBN|0-8092-3720-2}}</ref><!-- pp. 93-100 --><ref>{{cite journal |last= Throckmorton |first= Peter |author-link= Peter Throckmorton |year=1964 |title= The Great Basses Wreck |journal= Expedition |volume= 6 |issue= 3, Spring |pages= 21–31 |issn= 0014-4738 |url= http://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/6-3/The%20Great.pdf |format= PDF |access-date= February 3, 2010}}</ref><br />
<ref name="discovery">{{cite web |url=http://www.tajmahalsunkentreasure.com/discovery.htm |title=Taj Mahal Treasure - The Discovery |access-date=2010-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131145655/http://www.tajmahalsunkentreasure.com/discovery.htm |archive-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] series ''[[Pawn Stars]]'' in the episode "[[List of Pawn Stars episodes#ep28|Shocking Chum]]" (this segment was shown again in "[[List of Pawn Stars episodes#ep402|Greatest Gambles]]").<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.tajmahalsunkentreasure.com Taj Mahal Treasure]<br />
*[http://lakdiva.org/coins/clarke/greatbasses/exhibit.html Lakdiva coin collection]<br />
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