It has been known in India since nearly first millennium (AD). It is a kind of zither which is native to India. This instruments has a wooden hollowed handle part and a little resonance tied to this handle. While it is used as a fretless instrument in Southern India, it has the movable frets of the sitar in Northern India and there are strings available to provide the resonance. The tuning of the instrument is the same like the Sitar. This instrument is a smaller version for pupils (normal length is about 1,35m).
