Chess in India under the Raj

Chess in India under the Raj, from C. Gold: 'Oriental Drawings' pub. London 1806

The above drawing depicting chess in India in the early 19th century came form  Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess. The caption is as it appears in the book. The artist was Captain Charles Gold. (father of artist/soldier Charles Emilius Gold) who died in 1842. The title of his 1806 book was Oriental drawings, sketched between the years 1791 and 1798.