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9 Σεπ 2022 · The ancient board games of India also show just how important the country has always been as the center of the trading world. Its ancient games were the precursors to chess and backgammon, while ancient merchants would also play games you’d more likely expect to see in Egypt, China, or Rome.
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The Museum of the University of Pennsylvania owns several “boards”–they are actually made of cloth–used for playing the games known in India as pachisi (pacisi), chaupar (caupara), and chausar (causara). One of these is illustrated here.
