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    Chaturanga (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग, IAST: caturaṅga, pronounced [tɕɐtuˈɾɐŋɡɐ]) is an ancient Indian strategy board game. It is first known from India around...
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  • Chaturanga (transl. Four Chapters) is a 2008 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Suman Mukherjee, starring Rituparna Sengupta, Dhritiman Chaterji...
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    or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Chaturanga Dandasana (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed...
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  • Look up chaturanga or shatranj in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chaturanga is an ancient Indian game, the ancestor of chess. Chaturanga may also refer...
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  • Chaturanga (Bengali: চতুরঙ্গ; English: Quartet) is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore, widely considered[by whom?] a landmark in Bengali literature. The novel...
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    Shatranj (category Games related to chaturanga)
    played in the Sasanian Empire. Its origins lie in the Indian game of chaturanga. Modern chess gradually developed from this game, as it was introduced...
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  • Chaturanga (transl. Chess) is an Indian historical fiction novel written by Anand Neelakantan. It acts as a prequel to the film Baahubali: The Beginning...
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    Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage also known as Chathuranga Lakmal (born 7 October 1988) is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter. He competed for Sri...
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  • up an akshauhini can also be seen in Chaturanga, the predecessor of chess.[citation needed] Chakravyuha Chaturanga Maharathi (warrior) "The Mahabharata...
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  • Pinnaduwage Chaturanga de Silva (born 17 January 1990), or Chaturanga de Silva, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays limited over cricket...
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  • Jasinthuliyana Umega Chaturanga (born 3 June 1984) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who currently plays for Kandy Customs Sports Club. He has formerly...
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    traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject of speculation. From India it...
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    Chess (category Games related to chaturanga)
    history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. After its introduction in Persia, it spread...
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  • Chaturanga Somapala (born 18 January 1985) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Colombo...
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    adi—remain popular. Chess is commonly held to have originated in India as chaturaṅga; in recent years, there has been a rise in the number of Indian grandmasters...
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    Zameen, The Shaukeens, Rakhcharitra, Bhootnath Returns and Bengali films Chaturanga, Bibar and Jor. Subrat Dutta was born in Bankura district of West Bengal...
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    Mukha Svanasana (Downward Dog), Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Dog), Chaturanga Dandasana, and then reversing the sequence to return to Tadasana; other...
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    movement of any chess piece. It was first introduced in the Indian game of chaturanga around the 6th century; it has not changed since. Pieces similar to the...
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    Indian chess (category Games related to chaturanga)
    chess played in India in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is distinct from chaturanga. There are several such variations, all quite similar to modern rules...
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    Empire (c. 280–550), where its early form in the 6th century was known as chaturaṅga (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग), literally four divisions [of the military] – infantry...
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    Shogi (category Games related to chaturanga)
    board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board...
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  • game in a family of strategic board games of which Western chess, Indian chaturanga, Japanese shogi, and the more similar Korean janggi are also members....
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    difficulty in getting enough players, the game evolved into a two-handed game (Chaturanga). On account of religious and legal objections in Hinduism to gambling...
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    The name of the game in adjoining countries appears to be derived from chaturanga - chatrang in Persian, shatranj in Arabic, Chanderaki in Tibetan are examples...
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  • the free dictionary. Catur means "four" in Sanskrit, and may refer to: Chaturanga, an ancient Indian strategy board game Turiya, pure consciousness in Hindu...
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    Makruk (category Games related to chaturanga)
    strategy board game that is descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and is therefore related to chess. It is...
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  • based on Anand Neelakantan's 2017 and 2020 novels The Rise of Sivagami, Chaturanga, and Queen of Mahishmathi. A Netflix original and a part of the Bahubali...
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    "chariot", and the corresponding piece in the original Indian version, chaturanga, has the name ratha (meaning "chariot"). In modern times, it is mostly...
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    Western Chess is believed to be descended from the Indian chess game of chaturanga. The earliest indications reveal the game may have been played as early...
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    chessboard is the Ashtāpada board. Among other games, it was used to play chaturanga, a historical precursor to chess, beginning around the 6th century in...
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