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... Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . • 18 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ― Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER . V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED- -Gradual ...
... Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . • 18 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ― Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER . V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED- -Gradual ...
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... pieces employed were the same that prevailed in Asia , and Europe , down to the close of the fifteenth century of our era . The origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question ...
... pieces employed were the same that prevailed in Asia , and Europe , down to the close of the fifteenth century of our era . The origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question ...
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... Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to you , O Prince , the nature of cer- tain situations , & c . , that may occur in the course of play , viz . , Singhāsana , Chaturāji , Nripakrishta Shatpada , Kā ...
... Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to you , O Prince , the nature of cer- tain situations , & c . , that may occur in the course of play , viz . , Singhāsana , Chaturāji , Nripakrishta Shatpada , Kā ...
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... piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from ...
... piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from ...
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... pieces have changed places . Thus , the piece next the King is still called in Sanskrit , " Hasti , " and in the Persian , “ Pil , " or " Fil ; " which , among the Western nations , received various denominations , such as " Alphin ...
... pieces have changed places . Thus , the piece next the King is still called in Sanskrit , " Hasti , " and in the Persian , “ Pil , " or " Fil ; " which , among the Western nations , received various denominations , such as " Alphin ...
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