[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) › c6.s4.29 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c6.s4.29 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c6.s4.29 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4.29) It is worth noting that in the time of Pundarika, as also in that of Hridaya, Ahobala, and Srinivasa, there was only one 'grama' in use and that was the shadja-grama. All ancient writers were agreed that the shuddha scale commencing with shadja was the shadja-grama. Pundarika's The shadja-grama of Lochana was our modern Kafi thata. The shadja-grama was the southern shuddha scale mentioned above. The author accepts the old twenty-two srutis, and their distribution among the swaras. - [Previous: c6.s4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4.28) - [Next: c6.s4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4.30) - [Up: c6.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c6.s4.29) · Pramāṇa