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    Polo is believed to be around 2500 years old and originated in central Asia. It developed the Mongols into a great nation by training their brave horsemen. Considered the game of aristocrats, polo was played by princes and warriors in countries like Japan, China, and India to train them. Some famous kings who enjoyed polo included Darius, Genghis Khan, and Alexander the Great. In Ladakh, polo differs from its international format with six players per team, one-hour matches consisting of two 20-minute rounds, and games ending when one team scores nine goals.

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    Polo is believed to be around 2500 years old and originated in central Asia. It developed the Mongols into a great nation by training their brave horsemen. Considered the game of aristocrats, polo was played by princes and warriors in countries like Japan, China, and India to train them. Some famous kings who enjoyed polo included Darius, Genghis Khan, and Alexander the Great. In Ladakh, polo differs from its international format with six players per team, one-hour matches consisting of two 20-minute rounds, and games ending when one team scores nine goals.

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    Polo the king of games is a prose lesson in class 8th in Jammu Kashmir for english.

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    Polo is believed to be around 2500 years old and originated in central Asia. It developed the Mongols into a great nation by training their brave horsemen. Considered the game of aristocrats, polo was played by princes and warriors in countries like Japan, China, and India to train them. Some famous kings who enjoyed polo included Darius, Genghis Khan, and Alexander the Great. In Ladakh, polo differs from its international format with six players per team, one-hour matches consisting of two 20-minute rounds, and games ending when one team scores nine goals.

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    Polo-The King of Games

    Learning Outcomes
    After reading the poem the students are able to:
    1. comprehend the nature of playing Polo.
    2. know rules that vary from place to place while playing games
    3. acquaint with new words by reading them in the text.
    4.Devlope an insight about tastes of people at different intervals
    of time
    5.write an essay on your favourite game

    Introduction

    Polo is a game which is not played by common people. It is played


    on horseback as the player strikes the ball with the mallet. This
    is a fast and furious game and rightly called as the king of
    games.

    Summary
    Polo is known as the game of kings. It is some 2500 years old
    game. Polo is a game that made Mongols the great nation with
    brave horsemen. This game develops stout heart, skills of
    coordination of eye and hand. This game was first played in
    central Asia then spread to Iran and finally matured in Northern
    areas.
    Polo was considered as the game of aristocrats which trained the
    princess and the warriors of Japan, China and India.

    The king Darius,Genghis Khan,and Alexander the great are the


    heroes all over the world who liked to play polo.

    In India, it was patronised by kings.Sultan Qutubdin Aibek died


    of this game. In Mughal rule polo was the national game of the
    sub-continent until 16th century.Rajputs also were fascinated by
    this game.
    The 18th century saw a decline of this game in India but the
    mountainous enclaves of the subcontinent like
    Gilgit,Ladakh,Manipur and Baltistan still are the hosts of this
    furious game.
    There are many legends that narrate the story of Polo in Ladakh.
    It is said that in 6th century Jamyang Namgyal the king of
    Ladakh married Gyal Khatoon from Baltistan and this event
    introduced the polo in Ladakh.Some claim that it came to
    Chushot first where even today on 21st of March Polo is played to
    celebrate Nauroz.In Ladakh Polo has become a common game. In
    17th century Sengge Namgyal the king of Ladakh laid the first
    royal polo ground in Murtse Garden. Polo is now a part of
    cultural heritage of Ladakh. It is a fast and furious game a test of
    human endurance,skills,and horse strength to play continuously.
    The matches are played in late afternoon.
    Polo is different in Ladakh is compared to its international
    format. There are six players in each team and the duration is
    one hour with ten-minutes break. It has two rounds of twenty
    minutes each with few minutes break. The game continues till
    either of the team scores nine goals. After a goal each team both
    the ends change automatically. The scorer is honoured to patch
    up the ball.
    The game begins with the music of surna and daman. Music is
    played at the beginning, end and scoring of each goal. The music
    varies as per the progress in the game particularly the volume is
    high at the moment of scoring a goal. Since 1970 exhibitions and
    tournaments of polo are held in Ladakh as an integral part of its
    culture.

    Evaluation
    1. How old is Polo believed to be?
    2. What is the association of Mongols with the Game?
    3. Why is it known as the game of princes and warriors?
    4.Who are the kings of the past who liked to play Polo?
    5.How is Polo different in Ladakh as compared to its international
    fortmat?

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