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Snakes and ladders is a board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. [1] The game originated in ancient India invented by saint Dnyaneshwar as Moksha Patam , and was brought to the United Kingdom in the 1890s.
It is written in Arabic or Persian. There are 17 ladders and 13 snakes. It shows direct ladders from fana fi Allah to the throne. Later with slight modifications, it is known as "Shatranj-al-Arifin" or "The chess of gnostics. [11] The Gyan Chauper exhibited at the National Museum, New Delhi is the Jain version with 84 squares.
A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped by climbing ladders but hindered by falling down snakes.
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Another Indian game which was adopted by the West was Gyan chauper (a.k.a. Moksha Patam), popularly known as snakes and ladders. This was a game which was intended to teach lessons about karma and good and bad actions, the ladders represented virtues and the snakes vices.
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