[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) › c9.8 # A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c9.8 A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c9.8 - **Language:** English ### [c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.8) All this will show that Hindusthani music was going through wonderful changes and that there were great artists in those Mahomedan times. I only wish Bhava Bhatta had taken the trouble to carefully define or describe all these "upanga ragas". His omission has left us, no doubt, in a very unfortunate position. It appears he was a great admirer of Pundarika. In the Raga-Adhyaya of Ratnakara, he has practically adopted the raga classification of the Raga Manjari of that writer. He says:— - [Previous: c9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.7) - [Next: c9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.9) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.bhatkhande-comparative.c9.8) · Pramāṇa