[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) › c11.2 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.2 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.2) MOST of the early Indian musical instruments remain still in use. Since the time of the Mahomedan invasion, about a thousand years ago, some Arabian and Persian instruments have been adopted, and have become almost naturalised; but their use has never become universal, and is mostly confined to the North of India or to Mussulman musicians. - [Previous: c11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.1) - [Next: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.3) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c11.2) · Pramāṇa