CHESS AND PLAYINU-CARDS. 



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Another pack (Cat. l^To. 16585c), 3 j^g inches in diameter, incomplete, 

 has six suits: first, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth, agreeing- 

 with Cat. No. 19156. 



Two other packs (Cat. Xo. 16585rt), 2f inches, and (Cat. No. 16585(i), 

 3-1% inches in diameter, both incomplete, each has four suits with the 

 following marks: 



Ax, red. 



Trident, yellow. 

 Rectangle,' green. 

 Mace, black. 



The court cards are missing. 



From the comparison of these packs it would appear that as in the 

 Ganjifa variations occur in the colors associated with certain suit marks, 



Fig. 225. 



HINDU PLAYING-CARD (Buddha). 



Cat. No. 19735, Museum of Archieology, Univtrsity of Pennsylvania. 



and, also, as in the case of the Korean cards Etoutjyen (No. 77), that 

 there has been a progressive diminution of the suits; in this case from 

 ten to four. Changes and substitutions are also seen to have occurred 

 in the suit marks. 



The opinion was expressed by Mr. Ramachandrayya that the Hindu 

 cards, not being mentioned in the early records, were probably imitated 



' In one pack (Cat. No. 16585a), this inscribed sri. 



