Variously estimated from 3,000 to 1,000 B.C.
CHATURANGA.
The Primeval Hindu Chess.

bp--krnb
np--pppp
rp------
kp------
------pk
------pr
pppp--pn
bnrk--pb

[Diagram of a Chaturanga board with 4 armies. Yellow is in upper
left. Black is in upper right. Green is in lower left. Red is in
lower right.]

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The Medieval and Modern Chess.
White
RNBKQBNR
PPPPPPPP
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