An Indian board game played with four players, an ancestor or variant of pachisi or a four-player version of chess-like games.
From Sanskrit catur, meaning 'four,' referring to the four-player format of the game. Indian board games have ancient roots dating back thousands of years with Sanskrit origins.
Catur and games like it traveled the Silk Road and influenced modern board games—the Indian game of Pachisi became the Western game of Parcheesi, showing how games are cultural exports that transform across continents.
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