ABSTRACT
IN chess, the latter is called rukh, whilst the Greeks call it chariot of ioar, It was invented by Mankalus (Myrtilos ?) in Athens, "and the Athenians maintain that they were the first who rode on chariots of war. However, before that time they had already been invented by Aphrodisios (sic) the Hindu, when he ruled over Egypt, about 900 years after the deluge. They were drawn by two horses.
