This compilation of data on ragas from treatises on Indian Music began ambitiously, intending to cover all the works describing ragas, from the earliest to those written in the twentieth century. But gradually the focus had to be narrowed down to the period which can be designated as the mela period in the evolution of classical music, and further, to the textual tradition in the Southern region. Originally only the Samskrta texts were to be studied, but later, ...
