/ සෙන්පතිරථහස්ති / ගජඅස්වපාබලabcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghChaturanga: The position of the pieces at the start of a game.[තහවුරු කර නොමැත] Note that the Ràjas do not face each other; the white Ràja starts on e1 and the black Ràja on d8.abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghAshtāpada, the uncheckered 8x8 board, sometimes with special marks, on which Chaturanga was played.චතුරංග ක්‍රීඩාව  (සංස්කෘත caturaṅga चतुरङ्ग)  අතීතයේ ඉන්දියානු උපමහාද්‍වීපයහි පුවරු ක්‍රීඩාවකි. game which is presumed to be the common ancestor of the games of chess, shogi, a