George Duke wrote on Wed, Mar 5, 2014 05:18 PM UTC:
Http://en.chessbase.com/post/hindi-and-the-origins-of-chess.
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/listcomments.php?itemid=Chaturanga -- "Jason L." here 2011-12 takes minority view for Chinese origin. And
http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=4667,
John Ayer addresses what early rules may have been more than origin per se.