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Evidence for Knight's Tour

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.775
Type Contemporary text
Location Bundelkhand
Date 1500-01-01 - 1550-12-31
Rules Knight moves to every space on a board.
Content From the Nitimayukha of Bhatta Nilakantha (early 15th century Bundelkhand; De Simini 2014: 604). Knight's tour is discussed in Murray 1913: 65. Three knights tours are given at the end of an explanation of Krida buddhibalasrita, a chess-like game.
Confidence 100
Source de Simini, F. 2014. Observations on the use of quotations in Sanskrit Dharmanibandhas. Journal of Indian Philosophy 43: 601–624.

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