Ancient Indian Boardgames: Digital Documentation

Title (dcterms:title)

Gol-Ekuish

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. As shown in the image seven concentric circles with three diameters are required for playing this game, the diameters meeting the circles at 42 points. It is a two player game, and each of them provides himself with 21 pieces which are placed at the 21 cross-points arranged along 3 consecutive radii.
Charu Chandra Das Gupta in his essay where he documented the games from Bihar, he noted some similarities of Gol-Ekuish and Pretwa or Pretoa along with Bara Guti. According to him, the difference is that in Gol-Ekuish, The board is of seven circles which is divided into six parts by a diameter of three and in case of Pretwa/Pretoa, the board consists of three circles divided into six parts by a diameter of three. At times even pretwa is played by twelve pieces or bara-guti, just the difference being that there are four circles instead of three in case of Bara-Guti.

Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)

Bara Guti, Pretwa

Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)

The rules of the game are similar as of bara-guti or similar other games, the only important point to be noted is that in this game pieces may be moved not only along the radii or diameters, but also along the circumferences. The pieces belonging to the 2 players are of two distinct kinds.
Each player begins with 21 pieces, arranges on the 21 intersections of three consecutive radii. Players alternate turns moving to an empty adjacent spot. Captures are made by hopping over an opponent's piece. The player who captures all of the other player'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)

Ray, Nirbed, and Amitabha Ghosh. Sedentary Games of India. Asiatic Society, 1999.

Gol Ekuish - Ludii Database

Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)

Madhya Pradesh

Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)

Gol-Ekuish

Bara- Guti

Pretwa: Downloadable Boardgame

Pretwa

Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)

Adrija Mukherjee

Notes (foaf:status)

The essay mentions the Central Province which was the term used for the region of Madhya Pradesh during the British Period.

Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)

Madhya Pradesh

Sedentary Games

Pretwa

Capture

Hunt

Two-player