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7. Notes on a Type of Sedentary Game prevalent in 
many parts of India. 
By Hem Cu. Das Gupta, M.A., F.G.S. 
The type of sedentary game which is the subject matter 
of this note is usually plaved on a plank on which a number 
of shallow depressions have been scooped out; the depressions 
are filled with small pieces of stone, cowries, or seeds, etc. 
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Plan of the board used to play the game known as Mdwkdr katiyd. 




lying within the depression immediately next to the vacant 
one will come into his possession and the other player will begin 
the game, following exactly the same method, each playing from 
tight to left along his line of depressions and from left to right 
along the line of depressions belonging to his adversary. The 
players will thus keep on the game alternately till all the pieces 
have been removed from the plank, with the general result that 
one of the players is in possession of more than 35 pieces of stone 
