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... respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to the Great Chinese Wall ; also of the countries situated between India and China ( with the exception of Burmha ) , which , though not ...
... respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to the Great Chinese Wall ; also of the countries situated between India and China ( with the exception of Burmha ) , which , though not ...
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... respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who ...
... respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who ...
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... respecting 1 There is a pretty little romance , as we are told , connected with the strata- gem here alluded to . Akbar had , in his young days , placed under the care of a learned Brahman , a very promising Muslim boy named Faizī ...
... respecting 1 There is a pretty little romance , as we are told , connected with the strata- gem here alluded to . Akbar had , in his young days , placed under the care of a learned Brahman , a very promising Muslim boy named Faizī ...
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... which they are written , and the faithful representation which they exhibit of the manners and customs of the Hindus in days of yore . The events narrated in the Purānas and Mahābhārata , respecting 14 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... which they are written , and the faithful representation which they exhibit of the manners and customs of the Hindus in days of yore . The events narrated in the Purānas and Mahābhārata , respecting 14 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... respecting the five sons of Pandu , of whom Yudhishthira was the eldest and most renowned , are supposed to have occurred a little more than 3,000 years before our era . The game of Chaturanga had by that time become popular in the ...
... respecting the five sons of Pandu , of whom Yudhishthira was the eldest and most renowned , are supposed to have occurred a little more than 3,000 years before our era . The game of Chaturanga had by that time become popular in the ...
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