[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) › c2.8 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c2.8 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.8) The number of treatises on Indian Music which are still extant will go over a hundred, and these lie scattered all over the country Intending students will find a list of the works extant in the famous book on Indian Music by Captain Day, the reports of the Poona Gayan Samaj, and the catalogue of the Granthas of the Bikaner library by the late Rajendralal Mitra I have already mentioned in the first part of Hindustani Sangeeta Paddhati at pages 192-195, the names of the music works which I came across during my travels The libraries of Bikaner, Mysore and Trivandrum contain the most valuable collections of Music books I am informed that there is a decent collection of Music Manuscripts in the Nepal library too, but I have not been able yet to get access to it Still we can get at nearly fifty to seventy-five treatises on music from libraries I have mentioned above I mention hereunder the treatises which are available in each of the libraries above referred to - [Previous: c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.7) - [Next: c2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.9) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c2.8) · Pramāṇa