. Chess and playing cards. ig. 165. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF HOLLOW Hyde. 47. Chess. Maldive Islands. Board1 and (The men original,the board substitution.)Identical with the Hindu game, which is played in the same manneras the English. The pieces in the Indian game receive the followingnames: Padshah (1) = King. Wa:ir or Minister (1) = or Elephant (2; = , ghora (2) = Knights. Llikh, burj (2) = Castles. Piadah (8) = Pawns. / 1 Cat. No. 7579, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. 2 Cat, No. 16489, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. CHESS AND PLAYIXG-CARDS. 801 It may be observed that th
. Chess and playing cards. ig. 165. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF HOLLOW Hyde. 47. Chess. Maldive Islands. Board1 and (The men original,the board substitution.)Identical with the Hindu game, which is played in the same manneras the English. The pieces in the Indian game receive the followingnames: Padshah (1) = King. Wa:ir or Minister (1) = or Elephant (2; = , ghora (2) = Knights. Llikh, burj (2) = Castles. Piadah (8) = Pawns. / 1 Cat. No. 7579, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. 2 Cat, No. 16489, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. CHESS AND PLAYIXG-CARDS. 801 It may be observed that the forms of the chessmen in countries underMohammedan influence are not usually those of men or animals, assuch representations are forbidden by Mohammedan Probably the oldest chessmen known to exist are an almost completeset which is preserved in the East Indian Museum, London. Theywere excavated about thirty years ago on the site of the city of Brah-munabad in Sind, which was destroyed by an earthquake in the eighth. Fig. 166. TUBKISH AXD GREEK Hyd*. century. They are black and white, made of ivory and ebony: turned,and plain in character, without ornament. The kings and queens areabout 3 inches high, the pawns 1 inch, and the other pieces of inter-mediate heights. Fragments of a chessboard of the same materials werefound with
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