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The Khajuraho Square
A 1,000-year-old temple carving where every line of four sums to 34.
Worked demonstration
This is the Khajuraho Chautisa Yantra — a 1,000-year-old 4×4 magic square. Fill the blanks so every row, column and main diagonal adds up to 58. Enter the missing numbers in reading order (left to right, top to bottom).
Why it works
Fill the blanks so every row, column and diagonal totals 34 — a line with one empty cell is forced by the other three.
Background & Explore Further
The Chautisa Yantra at Khajuraho's Parshvanatha temple is a genuine most-perfect pandiagonal square — even its broken diagonals and 2×2 blocks sum to 34. Explore what makes a square 'most-perfect'.