[INDOLOGY] Fwd: Snakes and Ladders

[Dominik Wujastyk]

I think the particular "Snakes and Ladders" illustration at the London RAS
that you refer to, Valerie, is the basis of Pargiter's 1916 article:

    @article{parg-indi,
     jstor_articletype = {research-article},
     title = {An Indian Game; Heaven or Hell},
     author = {Pargiter, F. E.},
     journal = {Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain
and Ireland},
     jstor_issuetitle = {},
     volume = {},
     number = {},
     jstor_formatteddate = {Jul., 1916},
     pages = {pp. 539-542},
     url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/25189453},
     ISSN = {0035869X},
     abstract = {},
     language = {English},
     year = {1916},
     publisher = {Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland},
     copyright = {Copyright © 1916 Royal Asiatic Society of Great
Britain and Ireland},
    }

It was donated to the RAS in 1831, together with now-lost dice and ivory
playing pieces.

A quick search for "snakes and ladders" in JSTOR produces a much bigger
secondary literature than I would have guessed.

​Best,
Dominik​

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On 4 September 2013 14:31, Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at btinternet.com>wrote:

> There's one in the Royal Asiatic Society, London, framed on the wall. I
> have a photo I took, which shows a fair amount of detail but has a
> reflection on the glass. I am sure they could provide a better one.
>
> Valerie J Roebuck
> Manchester, UK
>
> On 4 Sep 2013, at 10:52, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ​There are some classic Snakes and Ladders ("Heaven and Hell") paintings
> in the collection of the ​
> ​Wellcome Library in London.  See the links to the library's "Wellcome
> Images" link below, but also write to a librarian and request:
>
>    - Wellcome MS Indic Raghavan M.17
>    and
>    - ​Wellcome MS Indic ​​beta 781​<Screenshot from 2013-09-04
>    11:43:53.png>
>
>
>
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> Date: 4 September 2013 11:14
> Subject: Snakes and Ladders
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>
>
> Dominik Wujastyk has sent you a link to view image(s) from Wellcome Images.
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