{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}} The '''dhantara''' (or '''dhanotu'''<ref name="Sharma2007">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Musical heritage of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC&pg=PA81|accessdate=29 March 2012|date=1 January 2007|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0046-6|pages=81–}}</ref><!-- I'M NOT 100% SURE "DHANOTU" IS THE SAME THING, BUT BY CONTEXT, AND BY BEING A BOWED TRIBAL INSTRUMENT OF SIMILAR NAME, I THINK IT SAFE TO GUESS IT'S THE SAME THING -->) is a bowed string instrument found in [[Himachal Pradesh]] state of India. The instrument is similar to the classical [[sarangi]], but is more primitive, having only three melody strings and no ''tarab'' ([[sympathetic strings]]). The instrument is popular among the [[Gaddi people]] of that state, and often decorated with flowers.<ref name="Sharma1998">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Tribal melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Gaddi folk music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDxa5G2S0AwC&pg=PA34|accessdate=29 March 2012|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-912-2|pages=34–}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Music of Himachal Pradesh]] [[Category:String instruments]] [[Category:Indian musical instruments]] [[Category:Bowed instruments]]