The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.2

c6.2

THE theory, modes, and notation in present use throughout the whole of India are derived from that taught originally by the earlier Sanskrit musicians; but owing to the South of India having been less disturbed by internal commotions, and having been more subject to Hindu rule than either the Deccan or Northern provinces, the science of music would seem to have been maintained and cultivated long after the original art had been lost in the North.