[2] The asymmetry of the game pits movement flexibility and agility against greater force in numbers.
However, this is not always easy, and in many cases, when the white 'Maharaja' breaks through the lines of black, he has good chances to win.
Maharajah's critical weakness is that it is royal, so it cannot do exchanges, meaning it cannot capture black pieces that are protected.
Thus, the Sepoys' winning strategy is to make moves in such a way that all their pieces stay protected while gradually taking away available squares from the maharajah.
[5][6] The chaturanga variant was revived by the 1871 Indian encyclopedia of games Kridakaushalya, which revised it using the moves of modern chess pieces.