Marian Foster spoke to Shankar in Ravi Shankar: Maestro and Guru, originally broadcast 10 June, 1985. Explore more and follow BBC Archive.

A look at the history of the ancient Arabic ancestor of the guitar, the oud. Is it really the kind of all musical instruments? If so, what is the real reason?

So, let's pack our bags as we travel around the globe to learn about musical instruments of the world. A sitar is a string instrument that comes from Northern India. It's quite a large instrument ...

Purbayan Chatterjee, a sitar virtuoso renowned for his innovative approach, continues to redefine the boundaries of Indian ...

In the heart of Kolkata, where time lingers and melodies whisper through dusty strings, a few instrument shops remain as ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...

Thousands of instruments - particularly the tanpura, the sitar, the sarangi and the veena - made in Miraj are used in every corner of the country. Many of India's top musicians get their musical ...