Dice

[Rolf Heiner Koch]

IVC and PGW is not understandable
Mfg RHK
roheko at msn.com
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Yaroslav V. Vassilkov
<yavass at YAVASS.USR.PU.RU>
An: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
<INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Datum: Samstag, 4. April 1998 18:13
Betreff: Dice


>I am grateful to Rolf Heiner Koch who was the
only one to aswer my question
>about the gambling dice in the PGW culture:
>
><I remember well it looks not quadrangle, more 2
><or three times the length in relation to the
><bright. It has two or four long rows. I saw this
><in Ajanta.
><Mfg RHK
><roheko at msn.com
>
>- My question was:
>
>>>        Can you give me a reference to any
source
>containing a picture or
>>>a good description of the dice typical of the
PGW
>culture?
>
>        I think the dice mentioned in the answer
are typical both for
>IVC and Classical Indian culture (oblong,
quadrangle in section).
>But I meant the dice specific for PGW culture:
biconical, narrowing
>towards the ends. The one that I saw many years
ago (demonstrated by
>Prof. B.B.Lal) had been found at Noh. After that
I saw in archaeological
>reports one or two mentions of biconical dice
found at PGW sites, but no
>photo, drawing or a good description.
>        Mayby  somebody knows the address of
Prof. B.B.Lal? I sent a letter
>for him to the Archeological Survey of India, but
got no answer.
>        Thanks in advance.
>                                Yaroslav
Vassilkov
>