[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.s9.42 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.42 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.42 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.42) The pastimes of the people included the playing of chess of which gamesmen \[6.7.2\] have been found both in terracotta and stone. Some kind of gambling also seems to have been in vogue, as indicated by the dice \[6.7.1\], already referred to earlier. Hunting also must have formed a favourite pastime of the more daring ones. Youngsters played hopscotches \[6.7.3\] and marbles and rejoiced themselves with horned masks \[6.13\] and some ingenious terracottas, such as bulls with mobile heads and monkeys going up and down a string. - [Previous: v1.c9.s9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.41) - [Next: v1.c9.s9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.43) - [Up: v1.c9.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s9.42) · Pramāṇa