Ancient Indian Boardgames: Digital Documentation

Title (dcterms:title)

Dash Guti

Description (dcterms:description)

This game was recorded by Hem Chandra Das Gupta and the information was collected during one of his field visits to Gosalpur in the district of Jubulpur, in present Madhya Pradesh

Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)

Lau kata kati, Bara Guti, Atharagutiala Teora, Kowwu Dunki

Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)

Each player lays out the pieces on the board on the intersections of the lines, each filling all the intersections of the triangle closest to the player, plus the extra intersection to their right. Play moves to the next adjacent intersection connected by a line. Opponent's pieces can be captured by hopping over them. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.

Creator (dcterms:creator)

Hem Chandra Das Gupta

Source (dcterms:source)

'A Few Types of Sedentary Games Prevalent In The Central Provinces’ by Hem Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India eds. Nirbed Ray and Amitabha Ghosh

Contributor (dcterms:contributor)

Hem Chandra Das Gupta

Rights (dcterms:rights)

Creative Commons

Format (dcterms:format)

Boardgames

Medium (dcterms:medium)

Boardgames on Text

References (dcterms:references)

'A Few Types of Sedentary Games Prevalent In The Central Provinces’ by Hem Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India

Dash Guti - Digital Ludemi Project

Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)

Madhya Pradesh

Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)

Lau Kata Kati

Dash Guti

Kaua Dorki

Lau Kata Kati: Downloadable Game

Nao- Gutiya

Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)

Adrija Mukherjee

Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)

Madhya Pradesh

Sedentary Games

Alquerque

Kowwu Dunki

Lau Kata Kati

Capture

Two-player

Guti