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Encyclopedia ID 798
Pallanguzhi
Also known as Pallankuzhi · Vamana Guntalu · Kuzhipara
Mancala sowing game on a 14-pit board with shells or seeds, played at home in the south.
Heritage note
Part of the living heritage of India.
Origins
Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of South Asia.
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