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Ganjifa, Ganjapa or Gânjaphâ, is a card game and type of playing cards that are most associated with Persia and India. After Ganjifa cards fell out of use in Iran before the twentieth century, India b
Various Ganjifa cards from Dashavatara set
Images of ivory playing cards bought in a Cairo bazaar by French traveller Mr. Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), during his visit to Egypt in the period 1827-1844. He identified them as Persian by the style and quality.
Images of cards from the collection of Francis Douce, shown by Samuel Weller Singer. The figure on horseback on the card in the top right corner appears to be holding an object marked " برات ", meaning 'bill' or 'cheque' in Persian.
Mughal Ganjifa Playing Cards, Early 19th century, courtesy of the Wovensouls collection
Ganjapa
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Gånjåpā are the traditional playing cards from the Indian state Odisha. It can also refer to the trick-taking card game that they are used for. It is played with circular shaped Pattachitra painted ca
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"Atharangi Ganjapa" cards painted with traditional Pattachitra painting of Krishna in his Nabagunjara form
Ganjapa cards
Charirangi Ganjapa cards