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KISHOR BHIMJI SHAH
GYAN CHAUPER AND/OR GYANBAZI Jain version of snakes & ladders associated with the Jain philosophy illustrating concepts like karma & moksha. The checkered board is 22 divided into eighty-four numbered squares. Each square represents a human quality. The ladders denote virtues and the snakes
indicate vices, both of which determine rise or fall of a human. The pavilion at the top of the painting represents the heavens
