Vedic Musical String Instruments & Violin
Dr. Dipak Banerjee, Guest Assistant Professor, Rabindra Bharati University Abstract: There are many types of Chordophone or musical string Instruments used in Vedic age. Of them only two instruments are related with Violin. They are Pinga and Gargara. Some Western experts say, Violin is the ancestor of Indian bowing Musical String Instrument. Through, Europeans Invented Violin in 16th Century. According to the base of both information, this easy try to relate with Vedic Musical String Instruments and Violin. Keywords: Vedic age, Vedic Musical String Instruments, Pinga, Gargara, Violin, relation with Violin. Introduction: There were many types of musical string instrument used in Vedic age. Among this musical string instruments, one kind of musical string Instruments was bow shaped. Some experts of the West think that this kind of musical string Instrument was the ancestor of Violin. Pinga1 and Gargara2these two types of bowing musical string instruments were used in Vedic age. These types of musical Read More …