Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 580
The game requires two players who alternately lay down a small counter - usually a stone or fragment of earthenware at one of the angles ... This game is mentioned by Ludovisi , who gives a copy of the diagram on which it is played .
The game requires two players who alternately lay down a small counter - usually a stone or fragment of earthenware at one of the angles ... This game is mentioned by Ludovisi , who gives a copy of the diagram on which it is played .
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The game usually played is that in which the players follow up each other's ' marbles , ' each in turn endeavouring to strike that of the other player . WALA SALLI , ' Hole Money . ' This game may be looked upon as the Eastern ...
The game usually played is that in which the players follow up each other's ' marbles , ' each in turn endeavouring to strike that of the other player . WALA SALLI , ' Hole Money . ' This game may be looked upon as the Eastern ...
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There is a penalty for the losing players which is not very clearly explained by Mr. Ludovisi . ... I have not seen this game played in the villages of the interior , and I should expect that it is of European origin . ETTAN KALLI .
There is a penalty for the losing players which is not very clearly explained by Mr. Ludovisi . ... I have not seen this game played in the villages of the interior , and I should expect that it is of European origin . ETTAN KALLI .
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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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