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The ragas constitute the fundamental factor which determines the character of Indian Music. It may be said that our system of Music was moulded in the past mainly in relation to the laws governing the concept of the Raga, and its future may be very largely guided by this influence. Though the Raga is so well known in practice, its theoretical aspects seem to have been only vaguely understood, and in many cases current ideas concerning them appear to be rather ...
Many books on Indian Music have been written before by eminent musicians, authors, connoisseurs and musicologists, some belonging to the hoary past and others to the more recent times and the present age. A few have dealt with the historic development and evolution of Ragas, Shruties and Scales in the two branches of Indian Music namely, Hindustani and Carnatic, while others have elaborated on the technical, aesthetic, physical and other aspects of each system. ...