[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) › c3.3 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c3.3 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3.3) The oldest civilisation that offers us any substantial information is Egypt. It begins in the earliest historic monuments with a graphic sign representing a fingerboard instrument of the tamboura or guitar kind, which already marks a summit level in instrumental construction and musical conception. We are not likely to learn from civilisations which may have preceded Egypt, as from the non-existence of any form of graphic art they cannot now divulge their secrets. - [Previous: c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3.2) - [Next: c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3.4) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c3.3) · Pramāṇa