Ashtapada
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The Ashtāpada is an India
n board game
which was used in earlier versions of chess
. Chaturanga
appeared sometime around the 6th century in India. It could be played by two to four participants and data used to determine the amount of houses to be moved. Ashtāpada the word comes from Sanskrit
and its meaning was established by Patanjali
in Mahābhāshya book written in the 2nd century, as a board in which each line has eight squares and the term a familiar object. The game came to be ordered to work Brahmin Sutrakrilānga.
and has special markings called "castles" where racing parts are safe from being captured or removed from play when mating with an opponent. Each player receives an even number of pieces to play the game and the goal is to make your piece around the board clockwise
, entering the castle, and to regain his castle back in a counterclockwise direction so as to make it reach the center. The game is a variant played on a board with 10x10 Dasapada (10x10 step board)).
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
which was used in earlier versions of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. Chaturanga
Chaturanga
Chaturanga is an ancient Indian game that is presumed to be the common ancestor of the games of chess, shogi, and makruk, and related to xiangqi and janggi.Chaturanga developed in Gupta India around the 6th century...
appeared sometime around the 6th century in India. It could be played by two to four participants and data used to determine the amount of houses to be moved. Ashtāpada the word comes from Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and its meaning was established by Patanjali
Patañjali
Patañjali is the compiler of the Yoga Sūtras, an important collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice. According to tradition, the same Patañjali was also the author of the Mahābhāṣya, a commentary on Kātyāyana's vārttikas on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī as well as an unspecified work of medicine .In...
in Mahābhāshya book written in the 2nd century, as a board in which each line has eight squares and the term a familiar object. The game came to be ordered to work Brahmin Sutrakrilānga.
Rules
The board is divided like the chess board while it is monochromeMonochrome
Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color. A monochromatic object or image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale or black-and-white...
and has special markings called "castles" where racing parts are safe from being captured or removed from play when mating with an opponent. Each player receives an even number of pieces to play the game and the goal is to make your piece around the board clockwise
Clockwise
Circular motion can occur in two possible directions. A clockwise motion is one that proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top...
, entering the castle, and to regain his castle back in a counterclockwise direction so as to make it reach the center. The game is a variant played on a board with 10x10 Dasapada (10x10 step board)).