8 Ancient Games And Toys That Might Soon Vanish
Chaduranga:
Chaduranga is an antecedent to modern chess. Though both games are played with almost same pawns and board unlike the modern game, Chaduranga is played by four players and one common Daala (Dice). Players are divided into two groups, with two players in each group and each player gets four soldiers, 1 elephant, 1 horse, 1 bishop and either a king or a queen.
Puppets:
Puppets or the ‘Puppet Show’ is an ancient Indian invention to narrate a story, however this art is mostly performed by the professionals; small wooden dolls or paper cut images are decorated to look similar to characters of the story and they are made to move as per background narration.
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