This game was found on a temple at Mahabalipuram. The board is reminiscent of other games known throughout India, and described in the twentieth century.
Rules
Bottom row with eleven squares. Ten squares extending vertically from the central square. A square track with five spaces per side extends up and to the left from the top square. The outer squares of the bottom track are marked, as are every fifth space from them along the board.
Origin
India
Ludeme Description
Pancha (Mahabalipuram with Loop).lud
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Reference
Murray 1951: 140.
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Sources
Marin, G. 1942. "An Ancestor of the Game of 'Ludo.'" Man 42: 114-117.
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