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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s3.3

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s3.3

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c15.s3.3

Various toys and playthings are mentioned for small boys and girls Reference is made to cowries (*khullaya*), lac-marbles (*vaṭṭaya*), game of tip-cat (*aḍoliyā*), ball (*tindusa*), doll (*pottulla*) and cloths (*sādollaya*)¹⁴⁹ Then we had bow (*sarapāyaya*), the bullock (*gorahaga*), earthern pot (*ghaḍi-ga*), drum (*ḍiṇḍima*), and the ball of cloth (*celagola*).¹⁵⁰