The boy climbs the rope and is lost to view. The "classic" version was much more detailed: the rope seems to rise high into the sky, disappearing from view.A more elaborate version has the magician (or his assistant) disappearing after reaching the top of the rope, then reappearing at ground level.A boy assistant, a jamoora, climbs the rope and then descends. The rope levitates, with no external support. In the simplest version, a long piece of rope is left in a basket and placed in an open field, usually by a fakir.There are three variants of the trick, which differ in the degree of theatricality displayed by the magician and his helper: There are old accounts from the 9th century (by Adi Shankara), the 14th century (by Ibn Battuta), and the 17th century (by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir) of versions of the trick, but this is denied by Lamont as the accounts described are different from the "classic" Indian rope trick. Peter Lamont has argued that there are no accurate references to the trick predating 1890, and that later stage magic performances of the trick were inspired by Wilkie's account. In the 1990s the trick was said by some historians to be a hoax perpetrated in 1890 by John Wilkie of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Sometimes described as "the world’s greatest illusion", it reputedly involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants. The Indian rope trick is a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century. Advertisement for a reproduction of the trick by stage magician Howard Thurston.
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