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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... known and practised in India long before it found its way to any other region , not excepting the very ancient empire of China - even on the showing of the Celestials themselves . D CHAPTER V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED . Gradual change into ...
... known and practised in India long before it found its way to any other region , not excepting the very ancient empire of China - even on the showing of the Celestials themselves . D CHAPTER V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED . Gradual change into ...
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... known in the middle ages , was invented in India , some time previous to the sixth century of our era ; and secondly , that the game was introduced from India into Persia during the reign of Kisrā Naushīrawān , the Chosroes of the ...
... known in the middle ages , was invented in India , some time previous to the sixth century of our era ; and secondly , that the game was introduced from India into Persia during the reign of Kisrā Naushīrawān , the Chosroes of the ...
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... known or thought of its original meaning . Sir William Jones derives the Persian Rukh from the Sanskrit " Ratha , " a chariot , pronounced Roth in Bengali . This derivation is inadmissi- ble for two reasons ; in the first place it is ...
... known or thought of its original meaning . Sir William Jones derives the Persian Rukh from the Sanskrit " Ratha , " a chariot , pronounced Roth in Bengali . This derivation is inadmissi- ble for two reasons ; in the first place it is ...
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... known only to the learned . " I cannot agree , however , with Sir William in his next sentence , where he states- " Thus has a very significant word in the sacred language of the Brahmans been transformed by successive changes into ...
... known only to the learned . " I cannot agree , however , with Sir William in his next sentence , where he states- " Thus has a very significant word in the sacred language of the Brahmans been transformed by successive changes into ...
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... known to the Arabs , under the title of " Siyaru - l - Mulūk , " or Siyaru - l - Mulūk , " or " History of the Kings . " Towards the close of the tenth century , the renowned Mahmud of Ghazni commanded the poet Firdausi to versify the ...
... known to the Arabs , under the title of " Siyaru - l - Mulūk , " or Siyaru - l - Mulūk , " or " History of the Kings . " Towards the close of the tenth century , the renowned Mahmud of Ghazni commanded the poet Firdausi to versify the ...
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