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Chaturanga — representing the four divisions of the milit...
2026-09-01
Chess was invented in India —
originally called Chaturanga.
Chaturanga — representing the four divisions of the military — was created during India's Gupta period around 600 CE. It reached Persia, then the Arab world, then medieval Europe over 1,000 years.
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