Games in Ancient India -Indus Valley to Keeladi Excavations

  • V Nithya Assistant Professor, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
  • V Saranya Assistant Professor, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords: Indus Valley Civilisation, Keeladi Excavations, Gamesmen, Counters, Hopschotches, Maze

Abstract

This article makes sense of that games have stayed a decent energy for outside and indoor exercises as uncovered through the archaeological proof in the pre-history period. Presence of antiquated Indian human advancement comparable to the Egypt, Sumer, and later with Greek and Roman developments was uncovered with the three significant unearthings done in Harappa, Mohenjo-daro and Lothal in Pakistan and northern piece of India. Prehistorian found genomic, phonetic and social similitudes of this Indus-Valley development with the human progress that prospered in the southernmost piece of India viewed as around Fell, Alagankulam, Mangudi, Adichanallur, Athirambakkam and a lot more archaeological destinations. The thought process of the article is to brings up a few additional likenesses with the curios found, games like dice, hopscotches and gamesmen related specifically, in the Keeladiunearthings with the unearthings done in Indus Valley and others all over the planet. Over the course of more than a century, various Indus-Valley excavations at archaeological sites yielded a variety of gamekeepers. Likewise, Keeladi, Alagankulam, Mangudi, unearthings done in this decade present various kinds of gamesmen too. Among the different relics found in Indus-Saraswati unearthings and different unearthings done all over the planet, this paper thinks about this gamesman or counters utilized for different prepackaged games and demonstrate that Keeladipaleontologist translated it as a circle utilized for a game played by young ladies rather than game counters of tabletop games.

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2024-02-14
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