Of Chathuram | Index

In the sweltering heat of a Chennai afternoon, retired epigraphist Dr. Anjali Mehta received a package with no return address. Inside was a palm-leaf manuscript, brittle as burnt papyrus, and a single typed note: “The Index is incomplete. You have three days.”

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(Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग), meaning "four limbs" or "four parts," is an ancient Indian strategy game that flourished during the Gupta Empire (around the 6th century AD). It is widely recognized by historians as the earliest form of the game we now know as Chess. In the sweltering heat of a Chennai afternoon,

: Directed by Sidharth Bharathan; script co-written by Bharathan and Vinoy Thomas. brittle as burnt papyrus