ʻO ka East Indian Chess Set kahi ʻāpana chess kūʻokoʻa a nani i hoʻokumu ʻia mai India. Me ka mōʻaukala waiwai e pili ana i nā kenekulia, ʻike ʻia kēia pūʻulu e kāna mau hoʻolālā paʻakikī, nā kikoʻī kikoʻī, a me nā kala ʻoi.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka East Indian Chess Set i pili pono i ka pāʻani chess India, i kapa ʻia ʻo Chaturanga. Ua pāʻani mua ʻia ka pāʻani ma India i ke kenekulia 6 a ua kaulana loa i waena o nā aliʻi a me nā aristocracy. I ka wā lōʻihi, ua ulu ka pāʻani a hoʻolaha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Peresia a me ka honua Islam.
Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ka ʻāpana King e kahi mōʻī Hindu a i ʻole he aliʻi Muslim
Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ka ʻāpana King e kahi mōʻī Hindu a i ʻole he aliʻi Muslim, aʻo ka ʻāpana Moʻiwahine i hōʻike pinepine ʻia he mōʻī wahine Hindu a he aliʻi wahine Muslim. ʻO nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, me nā pīhopa, nā naita, nā rooks, a me nā pawns, ua hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻano kūʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole i hoʻokumu i ka pāʻani i ka manawa.
Moʻomeheu waiwai waiwai o India
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka East Indian Chess Set ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hoʻolālā paʻakikī a me nā kikoʻī paʻakikī. Ua kālai ʻia nā ʻāpana mai nā ʻano mea like ʻole, e like me ka ʻelepani, ka lāʻau, a me ke kila, a ʻike pinepine ʻia nā kiʻi paʻakikī a me nā hoʻolālā paʻakikī e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai o India. Ma waho aʻe o kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona paʻakikī, ua pena ʻia nā ʻāpana i nā kala ʻālohilohi a nani hoʻi, e ʻike nui ʻia ai lākou.