TY  - BOOK
AU  - O. C. Gangoly
TI  - Ragas and Raginis: a pictorial & iconographic study of Indian musical modes based on original sources, Volume I: Text
SN  - 81-215-0473-2
U1  - 781.754 G155 R 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd
N1  - This is Professor O.C. Gangoly's magnum opus on a phase of the History of Indian Music-the origin and the development of Indian musical modes-picturesquely known as the Ragas and Raginis. The author makes accessible to the general reader as well as to the practitioners of fundamental importance not only for the study of Indian achievements in the sphere of Music-but also for the future development of one of the greatest contributions made by India to the culture of the world.  This exhaustive survey of the development of Indian Melodies from the Vedic Period to the time of Rabindra Nath Tagore-brings under focus fundamental data bearing on the theory of the Art and the stages of its development
ER  -