How old is the kora, and from where did it come?

[sirupate]

From a video of my latest visit, note the shape of the khunda

[Jens Nordlunde]

Sirupate, I have now and then been wondering if the kore really had been travelling from South India to Nepal and Tibet, without leaving any traces along the way, so your last guess may be the right one.
Strange that a weapon as dangerous as the kora stopped being used in the south.

[sirupate]

I guess we will never know for sure, but what the kami had to say seemed to me to make sense