[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 218.1 # The Institutes of Akbar 218.1 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 218.1 - **Language:** English ### [218.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.218.1) From times of old, the people of Hindustan have been fond of this game. It is played with sixteen pieces of the same shape; but every four of them must have the same colour. The pieces all move in the same direction. The players use three dice. Four of the six sides of each dice are greater than the remaining two, the four long sides being marked with one, two, five, and six dots respectively. The players draw two sets of two parallel lines, of which one set bisects the other at right angles. These parallel lines are of equal length. The small square which is formed by the intersection of the two sets in the centre of the figure is left as it is; but the four rectangles adjoining the sides of the square are each divided into twenty-four equal spaces in three rows, each of eight equal spaces, as shewn in figure (XVII). The game is generally played by four players, of whom two play against the other two. Each player has four pieces, of which he puts two in the sixth and seventh spaces of the middle row of the parallelogram before him, and the other two in the seventh and eighth spaces of the right row. The left row remains empty. Each player moves his pieces, according to his throw, in the outer row, always keeping to the right, till he arrives at the outer left row of the parallelogram from which he started; and from there he moves to the middle row. - [Previous: 217.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.217.4) - [Next: 218.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.218.2) - [Up: 218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.218) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.218.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.218.1) · Pramāṇa