[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) › c6.39 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.39 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.39 - **Language:** English ### [c6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.39) The next available evidence of the currency of the grāma-rāgas is furnished by the inscription of Kuḍumiyamālai¹ in the Pudukkottai State (Southern India), written in characters of the seventh century. Though not designated as such, seven different varieties of melodies are given in the form of notations namely: (i) Madhyama-grāma (ii) Saḍja-grāma (iii) Sāḍava (iv) Sādhārita (v) Pañcama (vi) Kaiśika-madhyama (vii) Kaiśika, which seem to correspond to the grāma rāgas given in the Nāradīyā Śikṣā the text of which should, therefore, be considered as earlier than the seventh century. - [Previous: c6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.38) - [Next: c6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.40) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Nāradīyāśikṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.siksa.siksa.samaveda.naradiya) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6.39) · Pramāṇa