Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.52

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(1) According to V. Raghavan, Matanga cannot be earlier than the 9th century, while Ram Chandra Kavi seems to assign to him an earlier date, on the basis of an alleged reference by Matanga to Rudrata, who is not the great rhetorician of the 9th century. According to a quotation given by Kallinātha who cites Matanga as quoting Rudrata )*Saṅgita-Ratnākara*, p. 82), V. Raghavan is of opinion that Matanga’s *Bṛhaddeśī* cannot be earlier than the 9th century. Ram Chandra Kavi (“Literary Gleanings”, *Journal, Andhra Historical Research Society*, Vol. III, 1929, nos. 2, 3, 4 at pages 200-206 takes Rudrata cited by Matanga, as Rudrācārya, the protégé of the kind Mahendra Vikrama, referred to in the Kudumiyamālai music inscription (7th century). (See the discussion of the date in V. Raghavan’s paper “Some names in early Sangīta Literature”, *Journal of the Music Academy, Madras*, Vol. II No. 1 & 2, 1932, p. 19, 25-26). Having regard to the archaic nature of the