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Sub:
Ramayana
and
Chess
Date:
7/22/2005
5:09:38 AM Mountain Daylight
Time
From:
psychcbj
To:
service@Chess-poster.com
Hello :)
I've heard something about
Chess being mentioned in the Ramayana,
like Ravana's wife inventing it.
This
is one of two sites I found saying something like
this:
http://www.stmoroky.com/games/chess/chess.htm#history
(not far down the page this is quoted under the heading 'Shaturanga')
According to some sources (Forbes, History of Chess, 1860) the game
was invented between four or five thousand years ago, by the wife of
King Ravana of Ceylon, when the capital was besieged by Rama.
Is
this true, do you know anything about this?
Your's faithfully,
Christine
Chess-poster.com
Dear Christine,
We have no information about the topic
you mentioned. We visited the site you sent us and found the
history.
Although our Chesmayne history of Chess is very extensive, we
found nothing related to it.
However, we will add this mention in our
Chess History page since it looks very credible.
Thank you very much for your input.
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