However, the raponi of Assam is really a sukti Vadya.
that we turn to naturally available tubes as the primitive sushira Vadya.
Where and when in India did the first sushira Vadya come into existence?
There is a large class of avanaddha Vadya derivable from shallow pans of various sizes
belief is that the creation of the first sushira Vadya might have been suggested to man
Avanaddha means therefore, an instrument wherein a vessel or
a frame is covered with leather is an avanaddha Vadya.
One meaning could be that it referred to the three major avanaddha Vadya: the mridanga, the panava and the dardura.
It would not have escaped the reader' s notice that the strings of these early tata Vadya were not of metal but were
There is a large class of avanaddha Vadya derivable from shallow pans of various sizes
and depths as well as from large or small conical vessels.
It would not have escaped the reader' s notice that the strings of these early tata Vadya were not of metal but were
made of spun grass munja.