This game has been traditionally played on a silk cloth-lined board and with 4 cowry shells, which are the special dice. There are references of this game in some ancient Indian epics like the Mahabharata. The game of Chowka Bhara is one of the oldest board games, still being played in certain parts of India. This game is an example of a partially observable system that involves an element of chance introduced by the roll of special dice and an element of strategy (the strategy being the pawn the player decides to move after the roll of the dice). Chowka bhara (also spelt as Chowka Bara) is a two- or four-player board game from India.
