ANSWER

HOW DID HE DO IT?

JATAVARMAN SUNDARA PANDYA'S
THULABAARA DHAANAM


                                THEY BUILT A GIANT RAFT AND FLOATED IT IN A GHAT.

                                THE KING, THE QUEEN, AND THE MAHOUT SAT ON THE
                                ROYAL ELEPHANT.

                                THE ELEPHANT WAS DRIVEN TO THE RAFT AND MADE
                                TO STAND ON IT WITH VERY LITTLE MOTION.

                                THE DEPTH TO WHICH THE RAFT SANK, WAS NOTED.

                                THE ELEPHANT WAS MADE TO COME OUT OF THE RAFT.

                                GOLD WAS PLACED IN THE RAFT UNTIL THE RAFT SANK
                                TO THE SAME DEPTH AS WHEN IT HELD THE ELEPHANT.

                                THIS GOLD WAS EQUAL IN WEIGHT TO THE WEIGHT OF THE
                                ELEPHANT, ETC.


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