[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c6.128 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.128 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.128 - **Language:** English ### [c6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.128) The most elaborate and authoritative exposition of Indian musical theories and practices is furnished by the magnum opus, known as Saṅgīta-Ratnākara, which we owe to Sāraṅgadeva, who is justly regarded as the greatest authority of the mediæval period. He lived in the first half of the 13th century (A.D. 1210-1247) and was associated with the Court of the Yādava dynasty of the Deccan which had its capital at Devagiri (Daulatabad) which was a centre of intellectual activity having contact with both the north- - [Previous: c6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.127) - [Next: c6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.129) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Saṅgītaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.sangita.sangraha.ratnakara.sangitaratnakara) — Śārṅgadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.128) · Pramāṇa