Chessmen (32 pieces)
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As is often the case with Indian sets made for foreigners, the principal pieces are in the same style on each side, but the pawns are differentiated. The kings, the ministers, and three of the camel-riders (bishops) have an attendant by the left foreleg of the elephant or camel on which they ride. The ministers' elephants hold lions in their trunks. On either side of their tall howdahs, the kings' and the ministers' elephants carry cannon. The rooks are elephants, as they often are in Hindu sets, and these hold an oversize horseshoe.
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