[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) › c7.13 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c7.13 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c7.13 - **Language:** English ### [c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7.13) On the question of the murchhanas, नष्टोद्दिष्ट and वर्ण Pundarika simply quotes the verses of Sharangdeva Pandit the author of the Sangeeta Ratnakara. It is to be remarked that none of the writers of the last three or four centuries, say anything useful about the jatis of Sharangdeva and Bharata, which evidently had gone out of use in their time. All music was confined to one grama, namely the shadja-grama, with its' own shuddha and vikrita swaras all complete. Thatas were constructed out of these swaras, and these thatas produced their own "janyaragas". All ragas were based on a system of twelve shuddha and vikrita swaras as a general rule. There were two leading shuddha scales in the country. The northern scale corresponded with our modern kafi scale, and the southern shuddha scale was the modern Kanakangi of the Karnatik system. - [Previous: c7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7.12) - [Next: c7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7.14) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c7.13) · Pramāṇa