thumb|upright=1.4|Carpet with the Ashtapada board (detail). India or Greater Iran|Iran, 15th-century. [[Museum of Islamic Art, Doha]] Ashtāpada () or Ashtapadi is an Indian board game. Although it is played on a checkered board similar to chess, Ashtāpada predates it and differs in its mechanics and victory conditions. The game was mentioned on the list of games that Gautama Buddha would not play. Chaturanga, which could be played on the same , appeared sometime around the 6th century in India; it could be played by two to four participants.
thumb|upright=1.4|Carpet with the Ashtapada board (detail). India or Greater Iran|Iran, 15th-century. [[Museum of Islamic Art, Doha]] Ashtāpada () or Ashtapadi is an Indian board game. Although it is played on a checkered board similar to chess, Ashtāpada predates it and differs in its mechanics and victory conditions. The game was mentioned on the list of games that Gautama Buddha would not play. Chaturanga, which could be played on the same , appeared sometime around the 6th century in India; it could be played by two to four participants.
Variants played on different boards include Daśapada (). and, in Gujarat, Chomal Ishto or Chomal Eshto. Similar traditional games can be found in China and Korea.
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