The term INDIAN INSTRUMENTS can be summarized by the crossword solution SITARS, which is a six-letter stringed instrument originating from India. It is a plucked string instrument used mainly in Hindustani classical music and is believed to have been derived from the Veena. The Sitar has a long neck with twenty metal frets and six or seven main strings. It also has eleven to thirteen sympathetic strings which run underneath the frets and resonate when the main strings are plucked.