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==Prehistoric music== | ==Prehistoric music== | ||
===Archaeological discoveries=== | ===Archaeological discoveries=== | ||
Musical instruments, such as the seven-holed [[flute]] and various types of stringed instruments such as [[Ravanahatha]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Music and Musical Instruments of North Eastern India|last=Barthakur|first=Dilip Ranjan|isbn=8170998816|pages=24}}</ref> [[ | Musical instruments, such as the seven-holed [[flute]] and various types of stringed instruments such as [[Ravanahatha]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Music and Musical Instruments of North Eastern India|last=Barthakur|first=Dilip Ranjan|isbn=8170998816|pages=24}}</ref> [[Cymbal|cymbals]] have been recovered from [[Indus Valley Civilization]] archaeological sites. Evidence suggests use of drum or dhol in the Indus valley civilization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/music-to-the-years-musical-instruments-from-the-indus-valley-civilisation/story-WuViIqOST8WMNCSkkayuuN.html|title=Music to the years: Musical instruments from the Indus Valley Civilisation|date=2016-08-14|website=hindustantimes|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> There have not been a lot of depictions of musical instruments from IVC, but contemporary BMAC civilization which traded with it has archaeological depictions of [[lyre]] or [[harp]]. A kind of harp is also depicted in the [[chalcolithic]] cave drawings of India along with [[Gong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harappa.com/sites/default/files/pdf/WHEELS%20in%20Indian%20Rock%20Art%20Erwin%20Neumayer.pdf|title=Chariots in the Chalcolithic Rock Art of Indian|last=Erwin|first=Neumayer}}</ref> There is also evidence of dancing figurines from Indus valley civilization suggesting an established musical tradition. A kind of [[lithophone]] has also been discovered from Orissa around 1000 BCE.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=PA319&dq=indus+valley+civilization+music&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjri8qi0NbhAhURiXAKHRdgACsQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=indus%20valley%20civilization%20music&f=false|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent|last=Nettl|first=Bruno|last2=Arnold|first2=Alison|last3=Stone|first3=Ruth M.|last4=Porter|first4=James|last5=Rice|first5=Timothy|last6=Olsen|first6=Dale Alan|last7=Miller|first7=Terry E.|last8=Kaeppler|first8=Adrienne Lois|last9=Sheehy|first9=Daniel Edward|date=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780824049461|language=en}}</ref> | ||
===Surviving music=== | ===Surviving music=== | ||
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