The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... Notices of all Affairs connected therewith . ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL contains the fullest and most authentic Reports of all important occurrences in the countries to which it is devoted , compiled chiefly from private and exclusive sources ...
... Notices of all Affairs connected therewith . ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL contains the fullest and most authentic Reports of all important occurrences in the countries to which it is devoted , compiled chiefly from private and exclusive sources ...
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... notice my mode of spelling Oriental words and phrases in the following work . I have adopted the admirable system propounded nearly eighty years ago , by the eminent Sir William Jones , viz.- 66 pronounce the vowels as in German or ...
... notice my mode of spelling Oriental words and phrases in the following work . I have adopted the admirable system propounded nearly eighty years ago , by the eminent Sir William Jones , viz.- 66 pronounce the vowels as in German or ...
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... notice of Yudhishthira , who applied to the sage Vyasa , the Nestor of the day , for the benefit of his instructions on a subject so well adapted to his own peculiar disposition ; for the youthful warrior , like a certain eminent ...
... notice of Yudhishthira , who applied to the sage Vyasa , the Nestor of the day , for the benefit of his instructions on a subject so well adapted to his own peculiar disposition ; for the youthful warrior , like a certain eminent ...
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... notice of any such , I trust they will kindly communicate to me any further informa- tion they may possess on the subject . It is not to be for a moment supposed that the Brahmans of the present day have altogether lost sight of the ...
... notice of any such , I trust they will kindly communicate to me any further informa- tion they may possess on the subject . It is not to be for a moment supposed that the Brahmans of the present day have altogether lost sight of the ...
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... notice of Alpha altogether . In justice to myself I have here reproduced the correspondence . I am quite convinced that no offence was intended , as , most assuredly none was taken . In matters of this sort , it is only the truth that ...
... notice of Alpha altogether . In justice to myself I have here reproduced the correspondence . I am quite convinced that no offence was intended , as , most assuredly none was taken . In matters of this sort , it is only the truth that ...
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adversary's adverse King alluded ancient appears Arabian Arabic army Asiatic assertion Bishop Black Brahmans Burmha Byzantine Caliph called Camel capture Castle century chapter Chariot Chaturanga Chess Player's Chronicle Chess-board Chess-players Chessmen Chinese colour court diagonally diagram dice drawn game DUNCAN FORBES Elephant Essay Europe Farz Farzin Firdausi four Frederic Madden game of Chaturanga game of Chess give Greek Hindus honour Horse Hyde India infer invented King's Knight language Lastly Latin latter Ludus Latrunculorum mate means medieval game merely moves and powers Naushirawan odds Oriental origin of Chess original passage Pawn period Persian pieces played player Prince probable Purānas Queen reader received the game reign respecting Rook Rukh sage Sanskrit Sassa Shāhnāma Shatranj Ship side Sir William Jones suppose term throw-board Timur tion translation victory Wazir White word writers Yudhishthira