chaturaji
thumb|alt=The direction of the chess pieces indicates to which player they belong.|Antique Indian Chaturanga Chess set arranged for four players as in Chaturaji.
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Rules
- Piece moves
- Boat triumph
- Sinhasana
- Dice throws
- Scoring
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|alt=The direction of the chess pieces indicates to which player they belong.|Antique Indian Chaturanga Chess set arranged for four players as in Chaturaji.
Chaturaji (meaning "four kings") is a four-player chess-like game. It was first described in detail c. 1030 by Al-Biruni in his book India. Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice. A diceless variant of the game was still played in India at the close of the 19th century.