細節
Chess
A Treatise on the Game of Caduranga, in Sanskrit written in Telugu script, comprising title with the image of a tiger within decorative border, leaf of dedication to Krishnarajah Wadiyar III within decorative border, 8 leaves with illustrations of the board in colours and gold with captions, and final page of postscript, bound with 16 pages of printed text. Bound in gilt-blocked slate-blue cloth (slightly worn). Small 2° (292 x 200mm), Andra Pradesh, circa 1850; and four printed sheets with hand-coloured illustrations of instructions to the game
Caduranga is the earliest form of chess which originated in India as a war game in the 7th century. Its Sanskrit name refers to the four elements of the army: elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, and is similar to the modern game of 'snakes and ladders'. From India the game went to Persia, where it acquired the more traditional form of the game of chess as it is now played. (5)
A Treatise on the Game of Caduranga, in Sanskrit written in Telugu script, comprising title with the image of a tiger within decorative border, leaf of dedication to Krishnarajah Wadiyar III within decorative border, 8 leaves with illustrations of the board in colours and gold with captions, and final page of postscript, bound with 16 pages of printed text. Bound in gilt-blocked slate-blue cloth (slightly worn). Small 2° (292 x 200mm), Andra Pradesh, circa 1850; and four printed sheets with hand-coloured illustrations of instructions to the game
Caduranga is the earliest form of chess which originated in India as a war game in the 7th century. Its Sanskrit name refers to the four elements of the army: elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, and is similar to the modern game of 'snakes and ladders'. From India the game went to Persia, where it acquired the more traditional form of the game of chess as it is now played. (5)