Gyan chauper
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Gyan Chauper (ज्ञान चौपड़ in Hindi sometimes spelt gyan chaupar) is a dice game derived from chaupar, a board game played in ancient India, popularly known as Snakes and ladders. It was from India that it spread to the rest of the world. It was a very popular game that was played not only for entertainment but also as a way to instruct on morality. The central concept of the game is the liberation from bondage of passions. So the players move from the lower levels of consciousness to higher levels of spiritual enlightenment and finally to Moksha.[1]
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Jain Gyan Chaupar on cloth, National Museum (India, 19th century) | |
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Genres | Board game Race game Dice game |
Players | Minimum 2 |
Skills | entirely based upon probability |
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