History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s1.24

v3.c35.s1.24

Lastly Rājarāja was a patron of music and dancing and he invited and settled in Tanjore female dancers as also singers, pipers and drummers. Nātyaśāstra was specially studied and practised in music-halls built for the purpose. Colleges were also built and learned teachers were appointed to them and they taught literature and Śāstra to students in these and in temples (Aiyar p. 251).