[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) › c5.2 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.2 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.2) Like all other Sanskrit writers preceding him, Ahobala accepts the division of the scale into twenty-two Srutis, to which he gives the well-known ancient names, तत्रा गान्धारी etc. The principle of locating the Shuddha Swaras on the srutis is the same as that followed by the ancient writers. It is this: - [Previous: c5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.1) - [Next: c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.3) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c5.2) · Pramāṇa