Ancient Indian race game played on an 8 x
8 board with dice.The rules have been
lost.The name has reference to a
spider or a legendary being with eight legs.In India some chessboards still
retain the crosses which are marked on cells: these crosses are similar
to the marks used in Chesmayne to indicate a blockedcell, :bc
(XR, XW, XB).See ‘Thai’ and ‘Burmese’ chess.A 64 celled unchequered gaming board (India), 2nd century
BC and borrowed for chess.
