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  • It starts with the invention of a game called Chaturanga in India some 1400 years ago.

    The Speculist: Better All The Time #21 2004

  • Mr. Toastmaster, my fellow Toastmasters and guests, our story begins with the invention of a game called Chaturanga in India some 1400 years ago.

    The Speculist: October 2004 Archives 2003

  • Jones and Professor Duncan Forbes of the existence of the game called the Chaturanga at the time stated.

    Chess History and Reminiscences 1869

  • Sometimes he modifies or merges existing routines, as when he combines an aerobic move called mountain climber with a yoga pose called Chaturanga.

    Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves Kevin Helliker 2012

  • The moves of all the pieces employed in the Chaturanga were the same as those made in Asia and Europe down to the close of the Fifteenth century of our era.

    Chess History and Reminiscences 1869

  • Of all the claims which have been advanced to the invention and origin of chess, that of the Hindu Game the Chaturanga is the most ancient, and its accounts contain the earliest allusion worthy of serious notice to anything partaking of the principles and form of chess.

    Chess History and Reminiscences 1869

  • It seems to have been immemorially known in Hindustan by the name of Chaturanga, that is the four "angas" or members of an army, which are said in the Amarakosha to be

    Chess History and Reminiscences 1869

  • So far, the festival has confirmed the participation of directors Nina Paley ( "Sita Sings the Blues"), Ed Radtke ( "Speed of Life") and Suman Mukhopadhyay ( "Chaturanga"), all on Saturday, and "Fruit Fly" actress L.A. Renigen on May 16.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • • "Chaturanga" (India) -- Set in Colonial Bengal at the turn of the 20th century, this film is the story of a man caught between a young Hindu widow and the abandoned mistress of his brother.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • (Show times appear at the end of the article.) "Chaturanga" (Four Chapters) is the story of "a love that is caught between conflicting worlds of ideas," according to the film's Web site.

    unknown title 2009

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