Time to play
- POSTED ON: 8 Oct, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Madhuvanti. S. Krishnan
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Sports and games will always be an integral part of our lives. But, have you ever stopped to think where it all began? Where some of our most popular and most-loved games originated from? Well, turns out that many sports popular today across the world have their origins in India.
Did you know that Chaturanga is the name of a game first known from the Gupta Empire in India around the 6th century AD, from which a popular board game of today has evolved?
During the Mughal rule, a form of wrestling known as pehlwani developed, by combining native malla-yuddha with Persian influences.
Try your hand at this word search to see how many games and sports that originated in India, you can spot.