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Chaturaji
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This article is about the four-player game. For the two-player ancient chess game, see chaturanga. For the Jain people, see Chaturtha.
Chaturaji (meaning "four kings") is a four-player chess-like game. It was first described in detail c. 1030 by Al-Biruni in his book India.[1] Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice. A diceless variant of the game was still played in India at the close of the 19th century.
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