Bulbul tarang (Hindi: बुलबुल तरंग) (Punjabi: بلبل ترنگ ) Shahmukhi) literally "waves of nightingales", alternately Indian or Punjabi banjo) is a string instrument from India and Indian and Pakistani Punjab which evolved from the Japanese taishōgoto, which likely arrived in South Asia in the 1930s.The instrument employs two sets of strings, one set for drone, and one for melody.