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... Hindūs , " vol . iv . , p . 433 , where the author gives an analysis of the contents of the great epic poem of the Mahabharata , we have the following notice of Yudhishṭhira : — “ This game ( of dice ) is sanctioned by the Shastra ...
... Hindūs , " vol . iv . , p . 433 , where the author gives an analysis of the contents of the great epic poem of the Mahabharata , we have the following notice of Yudhishṭhira : — “ This game ( of dice ) is sanctioned by the Shastra ...
Page 42
... Hindūs had the Chariot , and not the Ship . Lastly , the Malays , & c . , to this day have the Chariot in the place of our Rook ; as may be seen in an extract from " Rajah Brooke's Journal , " published in the ninth volume of the Chess ...
... Hindūs had the Chariot , and not the Ship . Lastly , the Malays , & c . , to this day have the Chariot in the place of our Rook ; as may be seen in an extract from " Rajah Brooke's Journal , " published in the ninth volume of the Chess ...
Page 59
... Hindūs 1 An account of this MS . will be given in our next Chapter . ་ did not invent the older game ; giving as his CHAPTER VII SHATRANJ CONTINUED-On the Invention of Chess in India-according to the Historians of Persia and Arabia.
... Hindūs 1 An account of this MS . will be given in our next Chapter . ་ did not invent the older game ; giving as his CHAPTER VII SHATRANJ CONTINUED-On the Invention of Chess in India-according to the Historians of Persia and Arabia.
Page 60
... Hindūs , and conferred the honour of the invention on the Greeks !!! It must be said in his favour , however , that he nowhere claims it for his own nation , as Mr. Bland in his " Persian Chess , " very rashly asserts.1 But let us allow ...
... Hindūs , and conferred the honour of the invention on the Greeks !!! It must be said in his favour , however , that he nowhere claims it for his own nation , as Mr. Bland in his " Persian Chess , " very rashly asserts.1 But let us allow ...
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... Hindūs , a conclusion at which every unprejudiced mind must arrive after perusing the writings of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones . In Vol . XXIV . we have from the pen of Sir Frederic Madden , by far the best essay on this subject that ...
... Hindūs , a conclusion at which every unprejudiced mind must arrive after perusing the writings of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones . In Vol . XXIV . we have from the pen of Sir Frederic Madden , by far the best essay on this subject that ...
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