A bowed string instrument from India, frequently used in Sikh devotional music and later Hindustani music. The body, neck, and peg box all appear to have been carved from a single piece of wood, with a separate piece of carved wood added to the proper right side of the neck to hold tuning pegs. The body of the instrument is hollow and rounded on the back with black and white inlayed detailing around the bottom and just before the area where the body meets the neck; the front is flat and carved into a lopsided hourglass shape; a white material (most likely an animal skin parchment) has been stretched over the top, running horizontally over this, approximately 6 cm above the bottom of the body, is a strip of white leather/faux leather that is attached to the wood via metal nails, a white plastic bridge sits on top of this strip. The neck is approximately 54 cm long and has a raised lip running vertically up both sides; there are 20 adjustable metal frets which are slightly curved in order to separate the playable strings from the sympathetic strings, these frets are held in place with red threads which go around the back of the neck and tied in notches made on either side of each fret; at the top of the neck there is a small metal plaquette with writing in Hindi. There is a white plastic barrier piece that separates the neck from the peg box at the top of the instrument, this serves to keep the 4 main strings and 5 of the sympathetic strings in the correct places. The peg box itself holds 9 total pegs, 2 on each side and 5 arranged vertically in the center; the pegs on either side of the peg box are for the 4 main strings which run over the separation piece, frets, and bridge, these pegs are made primarily of metal with white plastic heads, turning the peg turns a small gear which adjusts the tuning of the string; the 5 pegs in the center of the peg box are for 5 of the sympathetic strings which go through small holes made on the proper left side of the separation piece in order to keep them from touching the other sympathetic strings on the neck, these pegs are much simpler than those used for the main strings and are made of white plastic. There are a total of 24 strings, 4 main and 20 sympathetic; the remaining 15 sympathetic strings attach to simple wooden pegs that run vertically down the proper right side of the neck, these strings are kept separate through the use of metal screws arranged diagonally down the neck. All of the sympathetic strings go through holes made in the bridge and all strings meet at a string holder, a painted, rectangular piece of wood which protrudes from the bottom of the body.