A History of Agriculture in India v1.c25.s3.8

v1.c25.s3.8

Sports. Among the amusements of the Aryans the first place must clearly be given to the chariot race, a natural form of sport among a horse-loving and chivalrous people. The second belongs to dicing. Dancing was also practised, and the dancing of maidens is several times mentioned; it seems that men also, on occasion, danced in the open air, as a metaphor alludes to the dust of the dancing feet of men.