The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.289

c11.289

"Itinerant mendicants of many classes use this instrument, both Hindu and Mahomedan, and by men in charge of droves of cattle carrying grain or merchandise, such as Brinjaris, Comptis, and others, it is sounded at intervals along the road to cheer up their bullocks and keep them from straggling, as well as at their departure from or arrival at one of their stages.