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THE HISTORY OF CHESS.

CHATURANGA.

The Primaval Hindu Chess,

With the Pieces arranged on the Board as they stand at the commencement of the Game.

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THE

HISTORY OF CHESS,

FROM THE TIME OF THE

EARLY INVENTION OF THE GAME IN INDIA,

TILL THE PERIOD OF

ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL

EUROPE.

BY

DUNCAN FORBES, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

LONDON:

WM. H. ALLEN & Co., 7, LEADENHALL STREET.

1860.

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