File:Chessmen from Samarkhand.jpg

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English: These seven ivory chess pieces were discovered at Afrasiab near Samarkhand, and date to the 700s when Samarkhand was the chief city of Sogdiana.
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Camera location51° 31′ 10.83″ N, 0° 07′ 42.05″ W  Heading=230.68533333333° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Captions

These ivory chessmen date from 700s Samarkhand

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Sogdia

chess

Samarkand

inception

15 December 2024

coordinates of the point of view

51°31'10.830"N, 0°7'42.049"W

heading: 230.68533333333335 degree

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0.01666666666666666666 second

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4.2 millimetre

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image/jpeg

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790,393 byte

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1,788 pixel

width

2,512 pixel

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