Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 595
Each player then again arranges his seeds in fours in the cup - holes , taking for the purpose any that were left in the ... but his side of the board is described as ' four - eye , ' referring to the four cups which alone contain seeds ...
Each player then again arranges his seeds in fours in the cup - holes , taking for the purpose any that were left in the ... but his side of the board is described as ' four - eye , ' referring to the four cups which alone contain seeds ...
Page 614
Thus there are sometimes eight counters awaiting this double throw before being able to move onward ; and the enemy is almost certain to ' chop ' some of them , especially the later four , if he can succeed in getting two counters into ...
Thus there are sometimes eight counters awaiting this double throw before being able to move onward ; and the enemy is almost certain to ' chop ' some of them , especially the later four , if he can succeed in getting two counters into ...
Page 615
This game is a modification of Pahada Keliya , and is played on a similar diagram , which , however , has only four sets of squares in each arm of the cross , instead of eight ( Fig . 263 ) . It is always drawn on the ground or on a ...
This game is a modification of Pahada Keliya , and is played on a similar diagram , which , however , has only four sets of squares in each arm of the cross , instead of eight ( Fig . 263 ) . It is always drawn on the ground or on a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Ceylon Volume 41 of Ceylon historical journal monograph series |
| Author | Henry Parker |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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