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shruti box

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shruti box

Summary

shruti box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shruti box is a type of musical instrument[2].
  • shruti box is a type of reed organ[3].
  • shruti box is used for Indian classical music[4].
  • shruti box's Commons category is recorded as Shruti box[5].
  • shruti box's Commons category is recorded as Shruti box[6].
  • shruti box's indigenous to is recorded as India[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include musical instrument[2] and reed organ[3].

Use and Application

shruti box is used for Indian classical music[4].

Why It Matters

shruti box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SEKO - Finnish medium of performance thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Back ache · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → musical instrument, reed organ
    Hornbostel-sachs classification → 53
    Indigenous to → India
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1762]]: 53, Copying from [[Q5358437]]"
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