[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c11.129 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.129 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.129 - **Language:** English ### [c11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.129) The body of the sitar is usually of gourd, cut in half in the direction of the core, with a belly of thin wood pierced with a certain number of sound holes fixed upon it. - [Previous: c11.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.128) - [Next: c11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.130) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.129) · Pramāṇa