CONDITION USED GOOD, THE ART OF PLAY, BOARD AND CARD GAMES OF INDIA,MARG HARDCOVER,2006

It is not commonly known that several of the world’s most popular board games were conceived in the Indian subcontinent, including Ludo (or pachisi), Snakes and Ladders, and not least Chess, the greatest and most universal board game of all. Gaming with dice and the playing of board games have had a major role in Indian culture since at least the third millennium BCE. While many articles on this fascinating subject have been written over the last century, no single volume has appeared addressing the history of Indian games in their cultural and artistic aspects. This book, with 11 articles by leading authorities, offers an initial survey of the great traditional games of India.

Andrew Topsfield is Keeper of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He became interested in Indian games in the 1980s while working at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.