Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.27
Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c7.27
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(1) The melody may have come from an ancient aboriginal tribe known as the Takkas (Tāks, or Tauks of later times) who occupied portions of the Panjab in early times and who are believed to have given the name to the ancient city of Taksa-śilā (Taxila) and of Attak (Attoc). See “Early Turanians: Takkas” (Cunningham, A S Reports, Vol. II, 1862-65, Simla, 1871, pp. 6-11).