Volume 1

The history of India from the earliest ages / by J. Talboys Wheeler.

  • James Talboys Wheeler
Date:
1867-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history of India from the earliest ages / by J. Talboys Wheeler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE (4.) Jealous wrath of Duryodhana . . . 172 Duryodhana’s surprise at the marvels at Indra-prastha . ib. Mistakes a square of crystal for real water . . ib. Mistakes a lake of clear water for one of crystal . .173 Excites the mirth of the Pandavas ... ib. Strikes his head against a false door . . . ib. The foregoing fiction borrowed from the Koran of the Mussul- mans . . . . . . ib. Possibility of the legend originating from an independent source 174 CHAPTER VII. THE GAMBLING MATCH AT HASTINAPUR. The avenging Nemesis . . . . .175 Duryodhana, jealous of the Eajasuya, plots to dispossess the Pandavas of their new Paj . . . . ib. Proposal to invite the Pandavas to a gambling match . ib. Gambling the special vice of the Kshatriyas . . . ib. Hindu traditions of its disastrous results ... ib. Specialities of Hindu dice: skill as well as chance brought into play ...... ib. Ancient game of coupun with cubic dice . . .176 Modern game of pasha with oblong dice ... ib. Legendary account of the gambling match at Hastinapur . ib. Unscrupulous skill of Sakuni, the maternal uncle of Duryod- _ hana ib. Duryodhana prevails on the Maharaja to invite the Pandavas to a gambling match . . . . . ib. Vidura carries the invitation to Indra-prastha . . ib. Reluctance of Yudhishthira . . . . .177 His obligation to obey the Maharaja and accept a challenge ib. The Pandavas proceed to Hastinapur with Kunti and Draupadi ib! Pay visits of ceremony to Maharaja Dhritarashtra and the Rani Gandhari .... . . . ib Jealousy of the wives of the Kauravas at the beauty and ele- gance of Draupadi. . . , _ . ib The Pandavas return to their quarters and receive the visits of their friends . . . t _ . ib Morning of the gambling match . . . ] 73 The Pandavas conducted to the pavilion . . . ib. Sakuni challenges Yudhishthira to a game at dice . ' ib! Yudhishthira requires that Sakuni should play fair . . ib! Taunt of Sakuni ...... ib! Yudhishthira in his wrath accepts the challenge . . ib. Duryodhana proposes to lay the stakes whilst Sakuni plays ib. Yudhishthira protests, but plays . . . . ib. Picture of the gambling scene in the pavilion . . ib. The succession of games . . . . .179