See also:

• PACHISI (Hindu pachis, twenty-five)

PACHISI (See also:

• HINDU

Hindu pachis, twenty-five)  , the See also:

• NATIONAL

national table-See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar at See also:

• FATEHPUR, FATHIPUR

Fatehpur Sikri the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• ZENANA (Persian zanana)

zenana is divided into red and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white squares, representing a See also:

• PACHISI (Hindu pachis, twenty-five)

pachisi-See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, and here Akbar played the game with his courtiers, employing sixteen See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young slaves from his See also:

• HAREM

harem as living pieces . This was also done by the emperors of See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi in their palace of See also:

• AGRA

Agra . A pachisi-board, which is usually embroidered on See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, is marked with a See also:

• CROSS

cross of squares, each See also:

• LIMB

limb consisting of three rows of 8 squares, placed around a centre square . The See also:

• OUTER

outer rows each have ornaments on the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth square from the end and the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle rows one on the end square, these ornamented squares forming " castles," in which pieces are safe from See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture . The castles are so placed that from the centre square, or " See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home," whence all pieces start going down the middle See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row and back on the outside and then to the end of the next limb, will be exactly 25 squares, whence the name . Four players, generally two on a See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, take See also:

• PART

part . The pieces, of which each player has four, are coloured yellow, See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green, red and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, and are entered, one at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, from the centre and move down the middle row, then See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the entire board and up the middle row again to the home square . The moves are regulated by six cowrie shells, which are thrown by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand down a slight incline . The throws indicate the number of squares a piece may move, as well as whether the player shall have a " See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace," without which no piece, if taken, may be re-entered . A piece may be taken if another piece lands on the same square, unless the square be a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle . The See also:

• OBJECT

object of each side is to get all eight pieces round and home before the opponents can do so .

See See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

Games, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental, by E . Falkner (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1892) .