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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... translated from Sanskrit into Persian several of the Hindu scientific and philosophic works with which he had become acquainted . Yea , further , Akbar and himself , by comparing the Muhammadan and Hindū the religion of the most ...
... translated from Sanskrit into Persian several of the Hindu scientific and philosophic works with which he had become acquainted . Yea , further , Akbar and himself , by comparing the Muhammadan and Hindū the religion of the most ...
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... translated from the Persian into English , by Mr. Halhed , under the title of " A Code of Gentoo Laws , & c . , " and published in London , 1781 , 8vo . Shortly after the com- pletion of this task , Mr. Halhed states , ( Preface xxxv ...
... translated from the Persian into English , by Mr. Halhed , under the title of " A Code of Gentoo Laws , & c . , " and published in London , 1781 , 8vo . Shortly after the com- pletion of this task , Mr. Halhed states , ( Preface xxxv ...
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... translation into English would convey no meaning . In such cases I have en- deavoured to give the author's sense as clearly as I can , by adopting some slight degree of circumlocution . It may be proper here to state that the Hindus are ...
... translation into English would convey no meaning . In such cases I have en- deavoured to give the author's sense as clearly as I can , by adopting some slight degree of circumlocution . It may be proper here to state that the Hindus are ...
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... translated into English verse by the Rev. H. H. Milman , M. A. , Oxford , 1835. The subject is simply this , when ... translation of the Sanskrit extract from the Bhavishya Purāna , the reader is requested carefully to examine and ...
... translated into English verse by the Rev. H. H. Milman , M. A. , Oxford , 1835. The subject is simply this , when ... translation of the Sanskrit extract from the Bhavishya Purāna , the reader is requested carefully to examine and ...
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... Hyde , " 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.
... Hyde , " 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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