Pawns .
Infantry has been called "The Queen of Battle" for hundreds of years. Most believe it originates from the game chess. The infantry are the most essential component of any military. Just as the queen piece on the chess board, the infantry are the most powerful, decisive, and important part of the game of war.
A game that was invented in ancient India was chess. They called it Chaatur-Anga, meaning four-bodied. The 4 bodies were infantry, war elephants, cavalry, and chariots. Hope this helped :)
The basic concept for chess developed in India.Chess is commonly believed to have be originated in India in the ancient name caturanga with a sanskrit from the four divisions of military (infantry, cavalry, elephants, chariotry).-source: Wikipedia-
'Chaturanga' derived from India which translates as "four divisions of the military" - infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots, represented respectively by pawn, knight, bishop, and rook.
The pawn is the most numerous piece in the game of chess, and in most circumstances, also the weakest. It historically represents infantry, or more particularly, armed peasants or pikemen.
A game that was invented in ancient India was Chess. They called it Chaatur-Anga, meaning four-bodied. The 4 bodies were infantry, war elephants, cavalry, and chariots. Hope this helped :)
The word 'chess' is a singular, uncountable noun. Units of chess are expressed as games of chess tournaments of chess.
Chess matches; chess boards; versions of chess.
Chess is commonly believed to have originated in northwest India during the Gupta empire, where its early form in the 6th century was known as caturaṅga (Sanskrit: four divisions [of the military] - infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariotry, represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook, respectively).
there is no antonym of infantry
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