Chaupar
Sign in to savethumb|Fabric chausar board Chaupar (IAST: caupaṛ), chopad or chaupad is a cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, played in India. The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and seven cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice. Variations are played throughout India. It is similar in some ways to Pachisi, Parcheesi and Ludo.
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Vinony's link graph records 29 inbound references to Chaupar, and connects out to India, Mahabharata and Shiva.
It is catalogued under topics including Cross and circle games, Indian board games and Traditional board games.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Legends
- Set up
- Playing style
- Basic rules
- Cowry Shells
- Entering men
- Mid-game
- Safe Squares
- Knock Out
- Counting Strategies
- Coming Home
- Winning
- Playing notes
- Derivations
- References
thumb|Fabric chausar board Chaupar (IAST: caupaṛ), chopad or chaupad is a cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, played in India. The board is made of wool or cloth, with wooden pawns and seven cowry shells to be used to determine each player's move, although others distinguish chaupur from pachisi by the use of three four-sided long dice. Variations are played throughout India. It is similar in some ways to Pachisi, Parcheesi and Ludo.
== History == Games similar to chaupar with difference in colour schemes along with dice have been identified from Iron Age, Painted grey ware period from Mathura. Pachisi is originated from chaupar.thumb|upright=1.25|Hindu deities Shiva and [[Parvati playing chaupar, c. 1694–95]] Chopat is claimed to be a variation of the game of dice played in the epic poem Mahabharata between Yudhishthira and Duryodhan.
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