L ed by c aptain Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday. By all contemporary measures, this is a remarkable — even historic — win. What makes this win all the more remarkable is the long and difficult history of women’s sportsmanship, athleticism, and competition in India, so often hidden from sight and sequestered away from male spaces.

In this regard, the national acclaim of our team’s win is a sign of how much attitudes have changed to ward women’s sportsmanship over the centuries. From courtesans who mastered chess to Mughal empress Nur Jahan’s sharpshooting skills, here’s a brief history of Indian women in sports.

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Let’s look at the surviving evidence of ancient women’s games. Dice

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