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The fragmentary manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum comprises 273 folios with 116 illustrations and an illuminated frontispiece. [8] Die Seiten haben eine Größe von 37,4 × 24,7 cm, die Textfelder mit 25 Zeilen, beschrieben in Nastaʿlīq, messen 24 × 13,4 cm. [9] The pictures are on average about 32.5 × 19.5 cm in size. [10]
This game of ball-playing was also practised among the Kurnai, the Wolgal (Tumut river people), the Wotjoballuk as well as by the Woiworung, and was probably known to most tribes of south-eastern Australia. The Kurnai made the ball from the scrotum of an "old man kangaroo", the Woiworung made it of tightly rolled up pieces of possum skin. It ...
Naubat Khan (also known as Ali Khan Karori) was an Indian classical music composer, musician and instrumentalist who was made a Mansabdar by Mughal Emperor Akbar.He is known today for his skills with the rudra veena or bīn, which he is shown playing in paintings by Mughal court artists.
The first baseball almanac, Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player edited by Henry Chadwick, begins publication. [9] 1860 February 22 – First recorded baseball game played in San Francisco, California between the San Francisco Eagles and the San Francisco Red Rovers. [10] 1860 September 28 – The first baseball game reported between two named black ...
The number of bases varied according to the number of players. Only one old cat continues to be commonly played in the 21st century. One old cat, one eyed cat, or the contracted one-o'-cat was the basic version of the game, with a pitcher or giver; a batter or striker; a catcher; and sometimes another fielder or two. The striker, upon hitting ...
There is no historical evidence to show that these nine scholars were contemporary figures or proteges of the same king. [4] [6] Vararuchi is believed to have lived around 3rd or 4th century CE. The period of Kalidasa is debated, but most historians place him around 5th century CE. Varahamihira is known to have lived in 6th century CE.
The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur (reigned 1526–1530), a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (the founder of the Timurid Empire) on his father's side, and from Genghis Khan on his mother's side, Ousted from his ancestral domains in Central Asia, Babur headed to India to satisfy his ambitions.
This painting's image measures 197 x 128.5 cm and is the largest known Mughal painting. Gouache with gold on fine cotton Squirrels in a Plane Tree: c. 1610 British Library: One of the most famous painting associated with Abu al-Hasan's name, Squirrels in a Plane Tree, is a depiction of animal posture and