A double-flute or paired wind instrument used in ancient Indian and possibly South American cultures; a type of panpipe.
From Sanskrit 'antara' meaning 'inner' or 'between,' possibly referring to the space between the two pipes. This instrument appears in both ancient Indian and Andean traditions.
The antara shows up in totally different parts of the world—both in ancient India and in the Andes mountains of South America—which makes archaeologists wonder if people independently invented the same brilliant instrument!
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