Snakes and Ladders. Megha, The origin of Snakes and Ladders. Rao, V. Who invented the board game Snakes and Ladders?. Vinay, A. Although his primary interest is in the ancient civilizations of the Near East, he is also interested in other geographical regions, as well as other time periods Read More. Ancient Origins has been quoted by:. At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings.
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Login or Register in order to comment. Top New Stories. India A year-long celebration. In Moksha-Patamu, the squares of virtue are faith 12 , reliability 51 , generosity 57 , knowledge 76 , asceticism 78 , while the squares of evil are disobedience 41 , vanity 44 , vulgarity 49 , theft 52 , lying 58 , drunkenness 62 , debt 69 , murder 73 , rage 84 , greed 92 , pride 95 and lust The last square represents Nirvana.
A report in The Hindu newspaper talks of yet another version of the game called Vaikuntapaali or Paramapada Sopanam. Again, both rebirth and morality have a role to play in the game. The snakes represent death, while the ladders represent life. The game has squares, with a different picture on each square. The squares in which ladders start were each supposed to stand for a virtue, and those housing the head of a snake were supposed to stand for an evil.
The snakes outnumbered the ladders in the original Hindu game. The game was transported to England by the colonial rulers in the latter part of the 19th century, with some modifications. The modified game was named Snakes and Ladders and stripped of its moral and religious aspects and the number of ladders and snakes were equalized.
In , the game was introduced in the US under the name Chutes and Ladders. Spotlight Blockchain a game changer for seed funding?
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