Chess in India

[Allen W Thrasher]

Some misc. references on Indian chess off FirstSearch (OCLC).  The
Accession Number equals the OCLC number an interlibrary loan librarian
would want.

ACCESSION: 12759669
   AUTHOR: White, John Griswold, 1845-1928.
    TITLE: A manuscript giving a detailed description of chess passages in
           manuscripts found in 145 European and Indian libraries, with the
           names of persons underlined in red ink;
           prefaced with an index of names.
    PLACE: Cleveland, Ohio,
     YEAR: 1928
 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
   FORMAT: 2 v.

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ACCESSION: 6590289
   AUTHOR: Thomas, Frederick William, 1867-1956.
    TITLE: The Indian game of chess.
    PLACE: [Leipzig,
     YEAR: 1898 uuuu
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: 271-272 p.
    NOTES: Extract from the Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenlandischen
           gesellschaft, v. 25.

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ACCESSION: 5695421
   AUTHOR: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.
    TITLE: Poems, consisting chiefly of translations from the Asiatick
           languages.
           To which are added two essays.
    PLACE: Oxford,
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press,
     YEAR: 1772
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: viii, 217 p.
    NOTES: Solima, an Arabian eclogue.--The palace of fortune, an Indian
           tale.--The seven fountains, an Eastern allegory.--A Persian song
           of Hafez.--An ode to Petrarch.--Laura, an elegy, from Petrarch.--
           A Turkish ode on the spring by Mesihi.--Arcadia, a pastoral poem.-
           -Caissa, or The game at Chess.--Essays.--On the poetry of the
           Eastern nations.--On the arts, commonly called imitative.
  SUBJECT: Oriental poetry -- Translations into English.
           English poetry -- Translations from Oriental literature.

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ACCESSION: 5169326
   AUTHOR: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.
    TITLE: The Indian game of chess,
    PLACE: Edinburgh,
PUBLISHER: Priv. printed for the Aungervyle society,
     YEAR: 1883 uuuu
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: 36 p. 4 pl.
   SERIES: Aungervyle Society. Reprint, no. 13
    NOTES: "Impression limited to 150 copies, of which this is no. 95."
           Contains also A key to "Epics of the ton," by E. M. Goldsmid.
    OTHER: Cox, Hiram.

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ACCESSION: 5156163
   AUTHOR: Jivanji Jamshedji Modi, 1854-1933.
    TITLE: Firdousi's version of the Indian game of chess;
           and Cashmere and the ancient Persians; two papers read before the
           Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic society.
    PLACE: Bombay,
PUBLISHER: Printed at the Education society's steam press,
     YEAR: 1896
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: [4], 13, [1], 12 p.
  SUBJECT: Firdausi.
           Kashmir.

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ACCESSION: 4827442
   AUTHOR: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.
    TITLE: Poems, consisting chiefly of translations from the Asiatick
           languages.
           To which are added two essays ...
  EDITION: The 2d ed.
    PLACE: London,
PUBLISHER: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for N. Conant,
     YEAR: 1777
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: xv, 208 p. 21 cm.
    NOTES: Solima, an Arabian eclogue.--The palace of fortune, an Indian
           tale.--The seven fountains, an Eastern allegory.--A Persian song
           of Hafez.--an ode of Petrarch.--Laura, an elegy.--A Turkish ode
           on the spring.--The same, in Latin trochaicks.--Arcadia, a
           pastoral poem.--Caissa, or The game at chess.--Carminum liber.--
           On the poetry of the Eastern nations.--On the arts, commonly
           called imitative.
  SUBJECT: Oriental poetry.
           English poetry -- Translations from foreign literature.
           Oriental poetry -- History and criticism.

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ACCESSION: 82740
   AUTHOR: Karmarkar, S. P., 1911-
    TITLE: The Indian chess (budhibal),
  EDITION: 1st ed.
    PLACE: [Miraj]
     YEAR: 1968
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: 100 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
    NOTES: Pages 93-100 are blank for notes.
  SUBJECT: Chess -- Variants.

Also, there might be something on the subject in this recent publication:

Voogt, A., ed.
New approaches to board games.  Asian origins and future perspectives.
Leiden : Internationa Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
ISBN 90-74917-0-0
IIAS working papers series
Dfl. 30,--
PO Box 9515
2300 RA
Leiden
The Netherlands

Allen Thrasher


Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D,
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