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From: reddy@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: History of Chess in India
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 14:26:00 EDT
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!reddy    Oct  4 13:26:00 1985


There are references to a game called "chaturangam" in Puranas which is
pretty similar to chess.  I don't know whether it originated in the East or
West (Far East or Near East, from the European frame of reference), but it
should have been exchanged in Greek or Roman times.

Uday Reddy