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Evidence for Nagarjunakonda Game
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1656
Type Artifact
Location 16°31'29.76"N, 79°14'43.27"E
Date 0227-01-01 - 1599-01-01
Rules 3x5 grid, with a row of 10 spaces extending from the central row of the grid. The final space is a semi-circle, rather than a square.
Content Graffiti game board on the pavement of the pillared hall of the burning ghats area of Nagarjunakonda, dated to the Ikshvakua period (third to fourth century CE). Likely to be Ikshvakua in date, because it was found during excavation, but the large site was occupied until the sixteenth century, so the possibility exists that it was later. Krishna Murthy 1961: 4, sketch 3; 1977: 223, fig. XIV.14; Finkel 1999: 10-11.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside, Public, Ritual, Communal
Source Finkel, I. 1999. " The Sedentary Games of India: An Introduction. In R. Nirbed and A. Gosh (eds.), Sedentary Games of India." Kolkata: Asiatic Society, 1-21., Krishna Murthy, K. 1961. "Dice Play and its Archaeological Corroboration at Nagajunakonda - Andhra Pradesh." The Orissa Historical Research Journal 10(1-2): 1-4., Krishna Murthy, K. 1977. Nagarjunakonda: A Cultural Study. Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.
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