[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c9.s15.4 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s15.4 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s15.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15.4) Large-scale horizontal excavations have not yet been carried out at any PGW site. Thus one cannot get a detailed picture of the everyday life of the people. However from whatever little is known, it appears that these people played the game of \*chaupar\* or \*chausar\*. This is indicated by the discovery of the typical gamesmen and dice \[6.7\] used in this game: from NOH comes a painted plano-convex gamesman in the PGW fabric and from ALAMGIRPUR a typical oblong die in bone, bearing on its four faces the markings 1, 2, 3 and 4. The children perhaps played hopscotch with terracotta discs \[6.7.3\]. The terracotta toys included the bull and the horse \[6.7.4\]. Women bedecked their persons with necklaces of beads of agate, carnelian, jasper, etc. They also used reel-shaped ear studs of jasper and agate \[10.2.2\]. But most notable is the use of glass bangles \[10.2.1\], the earliest specimens so far found in India. - [Previous: v1.c9.s15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15.3) - [Next: v1.c9.s15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15.5) - [Up: v1.c9.s15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15) ## Linked texts (2) - [Alamgirpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.alamgirpur) - [Noh](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.noh) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s15.4) · Pramāṇa