Chosar bazi

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What does it mean? Is it Chess (Shatranj)?

Is there any Urdu word for the game ‘Polo’?

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Never heard the term.

Although when it comes to Polo I dont know either although I can play it very well… :gadha:

I gotta say though polo beats chess a thousand times over. :smiley:

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Have you ever played ‘Chogaan’?

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No chausar is different than chess as much as i know..............:D

In mahabharat pandav and kaurav played chausar....

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Can you define how that was played? I mean any pic / video?

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Watch from 3.37

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Chogaan?

Probably not, how do you play it?

Oh and as for Chosar offcourse everyones played with dice.

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Here is the pic of Chogaan

So the chosar was like Luddo?

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sticks used in chogan look similar to those sticks used in polo

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May be both are the same games or Polo originated from Chogaan.

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Looks like Polo to me. :konfused:

In fact I think it is the same sport there… :slight_smile:

You know its possible to Play polo in different ways too. In some Areas they play polo on Yaks and cattle. Some in the west Play water polo and you can take that a step further and play it on jet skis… :smiley:

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it’s more like ludo i guess…chausar is also called ‘PACHEESI’ and i remember there used to be a pacheesi competition in my village during Club Week [the name of the Club was: Health & Recreation Club [Anjuman-e-seHat o tafreeH] in which games were played, atheletic events held, hunting trips were organized, Mushaa’ira and bait-baazii were held and qawwalis were sung…etc]…it’s a board game…the board was made of cloth called ‘BISAAT’ and the pieces were called ‘PAU, ADDHA’ etc…the dice were actually sea shells [the planin side and the side with slit were used as 4’s or 2’s…] … it looked more like LUDO game, if you have ever played back home!

here is the pic of the pacheesi/chausar board.

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So what is the hindi for Chess? Shatranj is Persian?

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shatranj is another game…i think it’s called ‘CHATRANG’ in Hindi because in old days the shaahii BISAAT used to have pyaade [men] to move over the squares and they wore huge colored turbans *…there was a movie called ‘shatranj’ starring Rajendra Kumar and Wahida Rehman…iskaa ek gaanaa mujhe bahot pasand hai:

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^Mujhe laga apko shatranj ke khilari film pasand hogi....

waise hindi me bhi isse shatranj hi kehte haina?

in marathi it is called Budhhi Bal

Budhhi-brain,Bal=power..as the game tests power of brain...

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wow! buddhii bal= very befitting name to the game waah :) it is indeed a brain twister lol

haN, shudh Hindi bolne waale bhii ziyaada tar shatranj hii kahte haiN! :)

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KKF kia Shatranj ka taluq Shatir hone se hai?

PS: jab aap koi post like karte hain, to lagta hai jaise 3 logon ne like kia ho ;)

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:rotfl:

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lol @ LIKES...

...ab kia maiN itnaa moTaa huN ke teen ke baraabar huN? ;)

YES, shatranj khelne waale/khilaaRii ko SHAATIR kahte haiN ...

..chuN k shatranj kii chaaloN meN chaalbaazii hotii hai is liye jo is 'aiyaarii meN mahaarat Hasil kar le vo shaatir kahlaataa hai :D

shaatir is also = 'aiyaar/farebii/makkaar/chaanbaaz/chaalsaaz/dhokebaaz

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Shatir = Zardari = 'aiyaar/farebii/makkaar/chaanbaaz/chaalsaaz/dhokebaaz