Ancient Indian Boardgames: Digital Documentation

Title (dcterms:title)

Egara Guti

Description (dcterms:description)

This game was documented by Hem Chandra Das Gupta from an informant at Bhandara in the Central Provinces. Two players are necessary for the game. There are 23 cross-points and of these 22 are filled up with pieces of two different descriptions, each player having 11 while the central cross-point is kept vacant at the beginning over and capturing the ballet of the adversary lying on the next cross-point if there be an un-occupied cross-point just beyond the latter and in the same line. Not Much information has been given by Das Gupta about the game. He mentioned that this game has resemblance with the game documented in Punjab called Bara Guti but having the central point as vacant. The structure of the board also has some similarities with other forms of alquerque boards like Lau Kata Kati or Kawwa Dorki.

Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)

Lau Kata Kati, Dash Guti, Nao Gutiya, Kaua Dorki

Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)

Each player begins with their eleven pieces arrayed on the intersections of the lines in one of the triangles. Pieces move to an adjacent point along one of the lines connecting it to its present location. Captures are made by hopping over an opponent's piece. 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’ 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)

Egara Guti- Digital ludemi Project

‘A Few Types Of Sedentary Games’ by Hem Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India

Egara Guti- Cyningstan

Egara Guti- Bead Game

Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)

Maharashtra

Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)

Dash Guti

Lau Kata Kati

Kaua Dorki

Nao- Gutiya

Nau Khant

Lau Kata Kati: Downloadable Game

Tuk-Tak

Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)

Adrija Mukherjee

Notes (foaf:status)

This essay was written before the independence period the Central Province mentioned by Das Gupta in his essay combines the current state of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)

Sedentary Games

Alquerque

Maharashtra

Capture

Two-player

Guti