Ancient Indian Boardgames: Digital Documentation

Title (dcterms:title)

Kaua Dorki

Description (dcterms:description)

This game has been recorded by Charu Chandra Das Gupta in 1983 at Kosam village situated in the district of Allahabad. The informant of the game was Bacchu Singhala who was an inhabitant of the village. Das Gupta in his short essay further mentions about the similarities of Kaua Dorki and Egara-guti, or Lau-Kata-Kati or even Nao-Gutiya. The board as shown in the image has a common characteristic with the other games mentioned, which is that the two triangles meet each other at the apex. But one unique aspect of this game is that there is an additional horizontal line, intersecting the central point marked P, to which two vertical lines are drawn on each side and on where two pieces in possession of each player are placed at the beginning of the game.

Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)

Egara Guti, Nao Gutiya, Lau Kata Kati, Dash Guti

Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)

Two triangles, which meet at the apices with the height of each triangle drawn and a line perpendicular to it in each triangle at its midpoint intersecting with the sides. Another line, bisected by the point where the spices of the triangles meet, with a shot line extending down on either end of the line, and a matching short line next to it at either end.
Eight pieces per player, lined up with six on the two rows of the triangle closest to the player and two on the ends of the short lines to the left of the player.
Players alternate turns moving a piece to an empty adjacent spot along the lines of the board. A piece can capture an opponent's piece by hopping over it to an empty adjacent point immediately on the opposite side of the opponent's piece along the lines on the board. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.

Creator (dcterms:creator)

Charu Chandra Das Gupta

Source (dcterms:source)

'A Type of Sedentary Game Prevalent in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh’ by Charu Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India eds. Nirbed Ray and Amitabha Ghosh

Contributor (dcterms:contributor)

Charu Chandra Das Gupta

Rights (dcterms:rights)

Creative Commons

Format (dcterms:format)

Boardgames

Medium (dcterms:medium)

Boardgames on Text

References (dcterms:references)

Kaua Dorki- Digital Ludemi Project

'A Type of Sedentary Game Prevalent in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh’ by Charu Chandra Das Gupta

Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)

Uttar Pradesh

Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)

Nau Khant

Tarup Ar Merom (leopards and goats)

Egara Guti

Lau Kata Kati

Dash Guti

Kaua Dorki

Nao- Gutiya

Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)

Adrija Mukherjee

Notes (foaf:status)

The United Province of Agra and Oudh presently corresponds to Uttar Pradesh. This essay was written at the time of the presidency being under the British Rule, hence the name.

Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)

Sedentary games

Lau kata kati

Kaua Dorki

Games of Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad

Alquerque

Two-player