<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935 -->

[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

# Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources (Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources)

History of the rāga system from Bharata to Mughal times; rāga-dhyānas from Sanskrit treatises; rāgamālā painting iconography.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [O. C. Gangoly](https://indike.org/pramana/person/gangoly-oc)
- **Extent:** 1,648 passages, 71,883 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Bombay: Nalanda Publications 1948, text volume (1st ed. 1935); scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash… · In copyright (O. C. Gangoly †1974); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c1) — 30 parts
- [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c2) — 11 parts
- [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c3) — 9 parts
- [c4 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c4) — 25 parts
- [c5 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c5) — 44 parts
- [c6 History of the Ragas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c6) — 352 parts
- [c7 Ragas and Raginis](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c7) — 55 parts
- [c8 Time Theory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8) — 79 parts
- [c9 Deification and Visualization of Melodies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c9) — 36 parts
- [c10 Ragamala Texts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c10) — 253 parts
- [c11 Pictorial Motifs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c11) — 21 parts
- [c12 Criticism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c12) — 3 parts
- [c13 List of Musical Texts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c13) — 22 parts
- [c14 Selected Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c14) — 4 parts
- [c15 Appendices](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c15) — 49 parts

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) · Pramāṇa
