One of the earliest mentions of Pachisi is in the Mahabharata, in the famous game of dice in which Yudhishthira lost to the Kauravas. Games in storeġ) Pachisi: Pachisi has been played in India for many centuries. The 2017 edition of the Annual CEMS-INSTUCEN Trust Mega-Exhibition of Archaeology and Geology introduced a new section on Ancient Indian Games. There are plentiful references to board games in literature as well as in sculpture and painting indeed, you can find game boards scratched into the floors of many old temples and caves, especially in South India.” Long dice and cowrie shells were also used as a dice in ancient times. The earliest evidence for board games has been in the form of cubical terracotta dice excavated from several Harappan sites. Raamesh Gowri Raghavan, a researcher with INSTUCEN, said, “Board games have been played since antiquity in India.

“This is going to be unique….there are several ancient games that people do not know about and we would like people to appreciate those,” said Mugdha Karnik, director, CEMS, and Trustee, INSTUCEN Trust. The Centre for Extra-Mural Studies (CEMS) of the University of Mumbai in association with INSTUCEN Trust would be holding a meet on ancient games on June 16-17. Ancient games are being revived in India through a major initiative in Mumbai.

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