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Rāga and Maqām in Sanskrit Texts by sureshvyas is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the assimilation of Indian rāga melodic structures and Persian maqām musical modes during the 12th-16th centuries in medieval India. Several important Sanskrit musicological texts from this period, such as the Rāgavibodha, Rāgamanjarī, and Sangita-Sāra, mention the names of specific Persian maqāms. The Rāgavibodha in particular describes Indian rāgas while also mentioning the names of eleven Persian musical modes. Seven of these eleven modes are also found in later works. These Sansk
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