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The Shahnameh in Maps·Book E2 · Chess, Wisdom, and the Kalila and Dimna

The Traffic of Wisdom: Chess and the Kalila and Dimna from Hind

E2.1–E2.4
Map: The Traffic of Wisdom: Chess and the Kalila and Dimna from Hind
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A thematic east-west map: chess arriving as a riddle from Hind and Bozorgmehr answering with nard sent back; and the physician Borzuy's journey to India to bring home the Kalila and Dimna.

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Read E2.1 in verseNotes on E2.1