"Gav and Talhand in Battle", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1430–40

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Gav and Talhand in Battle', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1430–40, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 in. high in. wide ( cm high cm wide), Codices, In this scene, the Indian princes Gav and Talhand battle over the kingdom of Hind. According to the Shahnama, the game of chess was invented to represent this battle, in which the brothers agreed to fight on a battlefield bordered by a deep trench from which neither could flee

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