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I NDIAN music. in its sojourn in space and time may be divided.in a histo'rical perspective into three phases: ancient. medieval.and modern. These may be regarded as ending approx.imately inthe 13th cent. AD. 18th cent. AD. and our own times respectively.The chief relevance .of history to any contemporary modality oflife lies in the offer of objectivity, perspective a.nd a method ofevaluation of present trends' and aspirations in the role of tbeirshapina the future. A systematic, objective and critical study of thehistory of Indian music based on original source material is still.largely a d e ~ h l e r a t u mThe present work is a humble attempt in tbis direction. It endeavours to set forth the conceptual evolution of two foundationaland differentiating elements of Indian music viz. raga and ta/aIndian music rests on the' tripod of rliga lala and praballdhaThese represent respectively the sound, time and structural aspectsof musical experience. Prabandha in tbe sense of form, wordedor otherwise. emerges from a matrix of raga and ta/a These twocharacterise and differentiate Indian music from all its compeers.They obtain, in a vast and varying usage in this huge subcontinent.uniformity and continuity in space and time from a textual hierarchy. To trace their evolution in. and from the large treasure houseoftcxtual sources. is both necessary and fascinating; necessarybecause of the need of rewriting our cultural history and fascinatins and humbling-because of both the vastness of scope and thenature of the problems involved.The present volume deals with such an evolution during tbe firstpbase of Indian music viz. the ancient. It was originally written asa thesis for tbe degree of Ph.D. in the Danaras Hindu University. under the guidance of that patriarcb of contemporary Indianmusicology, Padmabhushan Dr. Thakur Jaideva SinSh. to whom'he work is dedicated, with love and veneration. The book now

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