India is the birthplace of 2 popular board games: “Chess” and “Chutes and Ladders.” The indigenous name of Chess is Chaturanga, which means “4 divisions of an army” (namely elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry), and is thought to have originated in the 6th century, AD.Chutes and Ladders originated in ancient India and was called “Moksha Patam.” It was also associated with the traditional Hindu philosophy of contrasting karma and kama, or destiny and desire.
