Ashta Chamma: Cowrie Race

Throw the cowries, count every step, capture rivals, and race all four pawns home! Discover the classic South Indian game—offline and ad-free.

Ashta Chamma is a kid-friendly version of the traditional South Indian cowrie-shell race, also known as Chowka Bara or Chowka Bhara. Throw four cowrie shells and count how many land facing up. Move one of your pawns that many spaces along the spiral path toward the center home. If no shells face up, you receive the lucky ashta—a move of eight! Land on an opponent on an unprotected space to send that pawn back to the beginning. X-marked safe spaces protect every pawn standing there. Throw a four or eight, or capture an opponent, to earn another turn. Bring all four of your pawns to the center using exact counts to win. FEATURES • Traditional four-cowrie movement • Lucky eight when no shells face up • Four pawns for each player • Spiral race toward the center home • Safe spaces and tactical captures • Bonus throws after a four, eight, or capture • Step-by-step movement animation • Two-player pass-and-play on one device • Solo mode against the computer • Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulties • Kid Mode with clearer hints and automatic choices • Practice counting and number sense • No advertisements or in-app purchases • No accounts or data collection • Fully playable offline • Available in 11 languages Made for children, families, classrooms, and fans of traditional race games.