Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s6.65
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s6.65
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v2.c27.s6.65
Bagpipes.—A species of bagpipe, so common to all the Celtic races of Europe, is not unknown to the Rajputs. It is called the mashak,³ but is only the rudiment of that instrument whose peculiar measure is common in Rajasthan, the prefix of panjabi shows its origin. I have listened at Caen to the viola or hurdy-gurdy, till I could have fancied myself in Mewar.