Gyan Chauper (ज्ञान चौपड़ in Hindi sometimes spelt gyan chaupar) is a dice game derived from chaupar, a board game played in ancient India, popularly...

represented the attainment of Moksha (spiritual liberation). Gyan chauper, or jnan chauper, (game of wisdom), the version associated with the Jain philosophy...

is a ring. This item serves as the player's symbol during the game. Gyan chauper Snakes and Ladders Harish Johari (1975), Leela, the Game of Self-Knowledge:...

often imbued with mythic and ritual religious significance. Games like Gyan chauper and The Mansion of Happiness were used to teach spiritual and ethical...

Shrine. Jahangir's Jade hookah. Jade Surahi (flask) from Mughal era Gyan chauper. Throne of the Raja of Varanasi This gallery has artifacts from the proto-historic...

higher) or by spinning them in the hand. Games derived from the Chauper include Gyan chauper and Ludo. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chopat. Swiss...

and ladders, originated from the ancient Indian games chaturanga and gyan chauper respectively; these were later brought to foreign countries, where they...

originated as part of a family of Indian dice board games that included gyan chauper and pachisi (known in English as Ludo and Parcheesi). It made its way...