Answers.Body: <p>Historians and chess board collectors have agreed that the Ashtpaad board was very popular some 1600 yrs ago. This board had total 16 crosses:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>4 crosses at each corner called camps or palaces,</li>
  <li>2 crosses on 4th and 5th square (on 1st row  and 8th row.), and</li>
  <li>4 crosses on 1st 4th and 5th and 8th square (on 4th row and 5th row.)</li>
  </ul>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/sZV5h.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sZV5h.jpg" alt="Ashtpaad board. Credit goes to Rick Knowlton" /></a></p>
  <p>The Ashtpaad board was primarily designed in sunhemp, cotton and silk threads. Gold or Silver threads marked the square-border, lines, and crosses (camps or palaces).</p>
  <p>Later when Persian chess evolved, these palaces were removed.</p>
  
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Body: <p>An Ashtpaad board (8×8) is a smaller version of an Dashpaad board. This board was used extensively on which other variants were evolved in century.</p>
  <p>What did an Ashtpaad board look like?</p>
  
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Title: What is the earliest form of Ashtpaad (8×8) board?
ThreadText: # What is the earliest form of Ashtpaad (8×8) board?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-01)
  
  An Ashtpaad board (8×8) is a smaller version of an Dashpaad board. This board was used extensively on which other variants were evolved in century.
  
  What did an Ashtpaad board look like?
  
  **Tags:** history, chessboards
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2022-07-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Historians and chess board collectors have agreed that the Ashtpaad board was very popular some 1600 yrs ago. This board had total 16 crosses:
  
  * 4 crosses at each corner called camps or palaces,
  * 2 crosses on 4th and 5th square (on 1st row and 8th row.), and
  * 4 crosses on 1st 4th and 5th and 8th square (on 4th row and 5th row.)
  
  [![Ashtpaad board. Credit goes to Rick Knowlton](https://i.sstatic.net/sZV5h.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/sZV5h.jpg)
  
  The Ashtpaad board was primarily designed in sunhemp, cotton and silk threads. Gold or Silver threads marked the square-border, lines, and crosses (camps or palaces).
  
  Later when Persian chess evolved, these palaces were removed.
  
  
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