The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.223
The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.223
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c11.223
The Mâha-nâgara, or Nahabet, is a very similar kettledrum, of larger size, employed in bands attached to the palaces of Mahomedan nobles in the Deccan and Upper India. These instruments are sometimes made as much as five feet in diameter.