According to communo-leftist,darbari historian, "Tabla" was invented by Amir khusrow(1253-1325).But this is a 3rd century Gupta era sculpture from Vishnu Temple at pawaya,Madhya pradesh,clearly shows
a musical instrument like tabla in a sangeet sabha playing by a woman.
There is another sculpture of 200 BC from Bhaje cave, Maharashtra;where it shows that a woman are playing tabla
