Even the way the snakes and ladders have been placed on the board does not change whereas they vary widely in Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist Gyan Chaupers.

Ivory and bone objects of all shapes and sizes, some with dots on them, and interpreted as "dice" and/or "gaming pieces", have been found at Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan, Alamgirpur, and so on.

[3] Many pyramid-shaped game pieces made in stone, ivory and terracotta have been discovered at these ancient sites.

[4] Dice playing is also mentioned in a hymn in the Rig Veda, which expresses the lament of the player over his loss of wealth and spouse.

This tradition of ritualistic gambling is still seen today as Hindus play the modern version of this game during Diwali.

Therefore, each player the jiva progresses upwards overcoming hurdles in the form of snakes representing vices.

Each player starts from the bottom Narak Dwar and takes turns to roll dice and moves forward according to the number generated, towards Swarg (heaven) & ultimately reaching their goal of uniting with the Supreme One, seen as a crescent shape right on top.

Traditional Hindu gyan chaupars boards have greater diversity in terms of the format than those of Jains.

Another notable feature of this board is the unusual 14×10 grid, the whole playing area being divided into four separate zones.

It is 100 square gyan chauper which represents the number of names of god or 101, if the throne of Allah is counted.