[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c6.11 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.11 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.11 - **Language:** English ### [c6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.11) The Persian writer, Mirza Khan, under the patronage of Aazim Shah, wrote a work entitled “Tohfuht-ul-Hind,” which contains a chapter upon music, the information for which was extracted, with the assistance of Pandits, from various Sanskrit works. Mirza Khan describes four principal systems of music—viz., those of Isvara; of Bhârata; of Hanumân, or Pavân; and of Callanath. All four are mentioned also in the Râga Vívodha. - [Previous: c6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.10) - [Next: c6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.12) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bharata.natyasastra) — Bharata, Sanskrit - [Rāgavibodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.raga.ragavibodha) — Somanātha 1584, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.11) · Pramāṇa