[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative) › c11.3 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c11.3 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c11.3 - **Language:** English ### [c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11.3) It is rightly claimed by the southern musicians that their music has kept a faithful touch with their ancient works. I do not think they claim that they sing the music of Sharangdeva now. But I do believe they will be in a position to show that their music has a long tradition of three or four centuries behind it. Some of their ragas, I am told, have lately got mixed up with our northern ones. But these do not affect the great system which they have inherited from their ancient writers. The first southern work which we shall take up for discussion will be the Swara-Mela-Kalanidhi. This book was written by Rama Amatya in shaka year 1472 corresponding with 1550 A.D. The date of the work as given by the author is as follows — - [Previous: c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11.2) - [Next: c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11.4) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11) ## Linked texts (2) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit - [Svaramelakalānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.raga.svaramelakalanidhi) — Rāmāmātya 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c11.3) · Pramāṇa