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Players on horseback compete in a polo match on a large grassy field, with trees and a building in the background.

An 18th-century court scene shows riders on horseback competing in a fast-paced game of polo, where players use long wooden mallets to strike a small ball across ground toward goal posts.

mural from the tomb of Li Xian

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Players on horseback compete in a polo match on a large grassy field, with trees and a building in the background.

Polo match

Two teams playing the modern version of a polo match.

Manuel González Olaechea y Franco

An 18th-century court scene shows riders on horseback competing in a fast-paced game of polo, where players use long wooden mallets to strike a small ball across ground toward goal posts.

Chaugan

An 18th-century artwork showing a polo match underway at the royal court of the Mughal...

© DEA Picture Library—De Agostini/Getty Images

mural from the tomb of Li Xian

mural from the tomb of Li Xian

Polo player, detail of a mural from the tomb of Li Xian (the crown prince Zhanghuai),...

Wang Lu/ChinaStock Photo Library

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