Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study c8.36

c8.36

It has been mentioned in the *Śiksās* and the *Prātiśakhyas* that the evolution of the seven notes were completed in the early Vedic time. The seven stringed lute or *Veenā*, excavated from the mounds of Mohenja-daro is no doubt a genuine evidence and landmark, in tracing out the culture of the socalled pre-historic Indus cities, which was perhaps uninterruptedly connected with the Vedic culture. We are glad to know that some of the modern archæologists and historians have found out some similarities of culture and civilization between the antique Indus Valley cities and the Vedic society.