Referring to Allyn Miner’s book on sitar and sarod, it is noted that sarod was conceived by one Ghulam Ali Khan Bangesh in the first half of 19th century. It is an accepted theory that sitar was invented by Fakir Khusrau (belived to be the brother of Sadarang – Niyamat Khan) in the 18th century. Thus, it appears that sitar was invented before sarod
6. Did the sarod evolve after the sitar?
Did the sarod evolve after the sitar?