Palanguzhi (= many holes). In fact, it's more a box of games. On the cover you have three games, at least one more if you flip the cover, and a mancala game inside. It's a quite typical game box from southern India.
Damian Walker:
Something similar is illustrated in quite a few of R. C. Bell's books on board games. The grid on the lid is for tablan. On the flip side are a pentagram, an extended alquerque board and an hourglass-shaped boar, for the games of lam turki, lau kati kata and cows & leopards (says his book Games to Play, pp.90-91).
And what is possible a Mancala board, together with another game (at the top):
Does anybody knows what is the 3rd board? It seems like a Mancala, but there are too few pieces there (perhaps the game set is incomplete).
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Palanguzhi (= many holes). In fact, it's more a box of games. On the cover you have three games, at least one more if you flip the cover, and a mancala game inside. It's a quite typical game box from southern India.
Damian Walker:
Something similar is illustrated in quite a few of R. C. Bell's books on board games. The grid on the lid is for tablan. On the flip side are a pentagram, an extended alquerque board and an hourglass-shaped boar, for the games of lam turki, lau kati kata and cows & leopards (says his book Games to Play, pp.90-91).
I thought the third game was Mancala. Is it different? Seems to certainly come from the same general idea and theory.
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