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  2. Chaturanga - Wikipedia

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    Chess set from Rajasthan, India Chaturanga ( Sanskrit : चतुरङ्ग , IAST : caturaṅga , pronounced [tɕɐtuˈɾɐŋɡɐ] ) is an ancient Indian strategy board game . It is first known from India around the seventh century AD.

  3. Charlemagne chessmen - Wikipedia

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    Queen. The legend regarding the set states that these chessmen were given as a gift to Charlemagne by Caliph Harun al-Rashid, [3] who was an avid chess player. The fact that the set displays elephants instead of bishops and chariots instead of rooks denotes a form of the Perso-Arabic game known as Shatranj, itself coming from the original Indian Chaturanga (which compound word means the 'Four ...

  4. Lewis chessmen - Wikipedia

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    There are many medieval chess bishops of various origins in different museums in Europe and US. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] A bishop that probably predates the Lewis chessmen was in the collection of Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot and was sold at Christie's in Paris in 2011 with a radiocarbon dating report stating that there is a 95% probability that ...

  5. Library to display unique collection of chess sets

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    Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess ...

  6. Shatranj - Wikipedia

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    Antique North Indian Mughul shatranj chess set made from sandalwood. The Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan refers to Ardashir I as a master of the game: "By the help of Providence, Ardeshir became more victorious and warlike than all, on the polo and the riding-ground, at Chatrang and Vine-Artakhshir, [ a ] and in several other arts."

  7. Chaturaji - Wikipedia

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    Antique Indian Chaturanga Chess set arranged for four players as in Chaturaji. Chaturaji (meaning "four kings") is a four-player chess-like game. It was first described in detail c. 1030 by Al-Biruni in his book India. [1] Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice.