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Evidence for Smasandyutakankarikrida (Allahabad)
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1975
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 25°26'8.54"N, 81°50'46.43"E
Date 1871-01-01 - 1871-12-31
Rules 5x5 intersecting lines, with diagonals in the four quadrants. Eight triangles, with the apex of each intersecting with a midpoint of a side or a corner. In each triangle, a line from the apex bisecting the base, and a line bisecting this line and the opposite sides of the triangle.
Content From a description of games in the Kridakausalya by Harikrsna: "The KK also records some variants of this game...in addition to the triangles on the right and left sides, two more are attached to the lower and upper sides of the square as well as four additional ones at each of its corners. This variant is said to be played in Allahabad in the North-East of india." Bock-Raming 1995: 122.
Confidence 100
Source Bock-Raming, A. 1995. "The Literary Sources of Indian Chess and Related Board Games." In A. de Voogt (ed.), New Approaches to Board Games Research: Asian Origins and Future Perspectives. Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies.
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