[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 220.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 220.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 220.5 - **Language:** English ### [220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.220.5) Besides these ordinary games of cards, His Majesty also plays chess, four-handed and two-handed. His chief object is to test the value of men, and to establish harmony and good fellow-feeling at Court. - [Previous: 220.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.220.4) - [Next: 221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.221) - [Up: 220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.220) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.220.5) · Pramāṇa