Ancient Indian Boardgames: Digital Documentation

Title (dcterms:title)

Sujjua

Description (dcterms:description)

This game was documented by Humphries on his visit to Baldewa which was a ruined Chandel temple a few miles away from the Karvi railway station. He recorded this board etched on one of the vertical slabs on the wall of the inner shrine. According to his speculations, the game was etched on stone and this stone was part of the floor before the stone was used for the construction of the temple. This game is called Sujjua. He explains that this game was played on a board of twenty four spaces and it is a two player game. The objective of the game is to match three pieces which he terms as ‘men’ in one row before the opponent can do it. When the game commences the board is clear and the players move alternately, each commencing by placing one of his own men on the board in any vacant place. After the first move, the player may either place another "man" on the board, or may move a piece already on it one space at a time in any direction, provided that the space to which he wishes to move it is vacant.

Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)

Nine Men's Morris, Dahdi, Mills, Navakankari, Muhle, Tiktem

Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)

Three concentric squares with lines connecting their midpoints. Nine pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing pieces on the board or moving one piece on the board to an adjacent empty spot. The first player to get three of their pieces in a row wins.

Creator (dcterms:creator)

E. De. M. Humphries

Source (dcterms:source)

NOTES ON "PACHESI" & SIMILAR GAMES by E. De. M. Humphries in Sedentary Games of India eds. Nirbed Ray and Amitabha Ghosh

Contributor (dcterms:contributor)

E. De. M. Humphries

Rights (dcterms:rights)

Creative Commons

Format (dcterms:format)

Boardgame

Medium (dcterms:medium)

Boardgames on Text

References (dcterms:references)

Sujjua- Sedentary Games of India

Sujjua - Digital Ludemi Project

Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)

Uttar Pradesh (Chandel Temple, Gonda village)

Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)

Nau Bhar

Nao Guti

Nine Men's Morris: Downloadable Game

Tule Paid

Nine Men's Morris, Handmade

Sujjua

Nine Men's Morris Kailash Temple, Ellora (2)

Nine Men's Morris/ Dahdi, Ellora

Nine Men's Morris

Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)

Souvik Mukherjee

Notes (foaf:status)

A civil servant who was appointed as the Sub-divisicnal Officer at Karwi Sub-division at IJ.P. in 1904 Submitted an inspection report on Mauza Gidarah, Pargana Karwi, the extract of which was published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society.
The article of E. DE. M. Humphries included in this volume was originally published as.
Notes on 'Pachesi' and similar games, as played in the Karwi Sub-division. United Provinces, JL-1906- NS : II, 117-127.

Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)

Nine men's morris

Uttar Pradesh

Sedentary Games

Sujjua

Games of Alignment

Two-player