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The Ashtāpada is an Indian board game which was used in earlier versions of chess. Chaturanga appeared sometime around the 6th century in India. It could be played by two to four participants and data used to determine the amount of houses to be moved. Ashtāpada the word comes from Sanskrit and its meaning was established by Patanjali in Mahābhāshya book written in the 2nd century, as a board in which each line has eight squares and the term a familiar object. The game came to be ordered to work Brahmin Sutrakrilānga.
The board is divided like the chess board while it is monochrome and has special markings called "castles" where racing parts are safe from being captured or removed from play when mating with an opponent. Each player receives an even number of pieces to play the game and the goal is to make your piece around the board clockwise, entering the castle, and to regain his castle back in a counterclockwise direction so as to make it reach the center. The game is a variant played on a board with 10x10 Dasapada (10x10 step board)).