THE HISTORY OF CHESS.

CHATURANGA.

The Primæval Hindū Chess,

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

Vide Chapter III., page 18.

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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.