Download or read book Musical Instruments of India written by S. KRISHNASWAMI and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and dance have been the chief forms of religious expression in India. In the course of her long history, India evolved a very wide variety of musical instruments. This book describes 56 musical instruments developed in India. The book is in two parts: part one gives the historical background of the Indian musical instruments and part two describes the musical instruments.