The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... Sanskrit Encyclopædia , entitled " Shabda - Kalpa- Druma , " published at Calcutta in seven volumes , 4to , within the last twenty years ( vide vol . i . , under the article Chaturanga " ) ; also , in a work published at Seram- pore ...
... Sanskrit Encyclopædia , entitled " Shabda - Kalpa- Druma , " published at Calcutta in seven volumes , 4to , within the last twenty years ( vide vol . i . , under the article Chaturanga " ) ; also , in a work published at Seram- pore ...
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... Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere verbal translation into English would convey no meaning . In such ...
... Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere verbal translation into English would convey no meaning . In such ...
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... Sanskrit extract from the Bhavishya Purāna , the reader is requested carefully to examine and bear in mind the arrangement of the pieces on the board for playing the game of Chaturanga as exhibited in the frontispiece . Here the Green ...
... Sanskrit extract from the Bhavishya Purāna , the reader is requested carefully to examine and bear in mind the arrangement of the pieces on the board for playing the game of Chaturanga as exhibited in the frontispiece . Here the Green ...
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... De ludis Orientalibus . " Tome I. p . 180 . 1 See the diagram explanatory of the term Vrihannaukā , in next chapter , page 24 . с CHAPTER III . CHATURANGA CONTINUED . Translation of the Sanskrit HISTORY OF CHESS . 17.
... De ludis Orientalibus . " Tome I. p . 180 . 1 See the diagram explanatory of the term Vrihannaukā , in next chapter , page 24 . с CHAPTER III . CHATURANGA CONTINUED . Translation of the Sanskrit HISTORY OF CHESS . 17.
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... Sanskrit Text . of the Pieces , & c . Moves and Powers Yudhishthira said to Vyasa , " Explain to me , O thou super - eminent in virtue , the nature of the game that is played on the eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my ...
... Sanskrit Text . of the Pieces , & c . Moves and Powers Yudhishthira said to Vyasa , " Explain to me , O thou super - eminent in virtue , the nature of the game that is played on the eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my ...
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