Tablan, Pataleshwar
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- Tablan, Pataleshwar
- Description (dcterms:description)
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Tablan is a traditional Indian board game for two players, similar to Backgammon and Tâb, where the goal is to occupy more of your opponent's home squares than they do yours. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Here's a more detailed breakdown: [1, 4, 5]
Origin & History: Tablan is an ancient game originating in India, particularly in some villages in Mysore, southwestern India. [1, 4, 5] It could have originated from the Roman games Duodecima Scripta.
This etched boardgame has been documented from Pataleshwar Cave in Pune.
Pataleshwar caves are a small group of five excavations, developed into a cave temple dedicated to Pataleshwar, God of the underworld or Shiva. This cave complex is ruggedly excavated and also bears resemblance with the elephanta caves of Mumbai. The cave has unfinished murals on the sides and onthe backside. There is a Nandi pavilion at the entrace of the cave which is circular. The inside of the main cave contains a pillared hall with a pradakshinapatha the way to go around the shrine. One side of the cave remains unfinished. This and other boardgames were documted on the floor of the cave etched or excavated. This is a complete graffiti board situated on the last row of the right hand side of the cave facing the Linga. - Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)
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Gameplay: [1, 3]
• Players use a 12x4 board, with each player having 12 pieces on opposite edges. [1, 3]
• The game is played with four casting sticks, each with one side marked and the other plain. [1, 2]
• Players throw the sticks alternately, counting the plain sides showing, and the player who throws a 1 starts the game. [1, 2]
• The goal is to get your pieces to the enemy's home row, and the winner is the player with the most pieces in their enemy's home row. [1, 2]
• Related Games: Tablan bears some resemblance to Backgammon and Tâb and is likely related to one or both of these games. [4, 6]
• Materials: You'll need a Tablan board, 12 pieces of each player's color, and four casting sticks. [1, 2, 5] - Creator (dcterms:creator)
- Unknown
- Contributor (dcterms:contributor)
- Souvik Mukherjee and Adrija Mukherjee
- Rights (dcterms:rights)
- Creative Commons
- Format (dcterms:format)
- Graffiti gameboard
- Medium (dcterms:medium)
- Graffiti Board on Basalt Rock
- Temporal Coverage (dcterms:temporal)
- The Pataleshwar caves were built during the Rashtrakuta dynasty at 8th century CE.
- Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)
- Pataleshwar Cave, Jangli Maharaj Road, Pune
- Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)
- Adrija Mukherjee
