From Gyan Chaupar to Snakes and Ladders

The Prompt

Trace the transformation of Gyan Chaupar from a spiritual instrument to a commercial children's game. Identify at least three sources — one on the Indian originals (Topsfield, Schmidt-Madsen, or Johari), one on the colonial appropriation, and one on the modern commercial form. Explain what the secularisation preserved and what it destroyed.

Completion Criteria

Three citations, a short essay of three or four paragraphs, and a closing note on what playing the original teaches that the commercial version cannot.

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