Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s3.t4: Brahman Sangeet
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Brahman Sangeet
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Music of Brahman, an ancient Indian Music. The Brahman is also called ‘Brahman Quote’ or ‘Mochizuki Brahman Quote’. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Brahman had represented Ancient India, meaning “Brahman people’s country”. According to historical records, about in the Year
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*The phoenix Chinese harp introduced from ancient India into the Western Regions.*
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of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin (345-356 CE), a batch of Indian ancient instruments and music were brought into China, including instruments of a phoenix head kugo, pipa, flute and bronze drum as well as music of ‘*Shashijiang*’ and ‘*Heaven Song*’. In the eighth year of Taiyuan Period of Eastern Jin (383 CE), Lü Guang started a war in the Kucha and Karasahr, and many instruments and music of the Western Regions were brought back to Liangzhou (now in Wuwei of Gansu). Indian Buddhist music of Brahmin Music was introduced in Liangzhou then, and became a great musical composition after recomposing. It was gigaku in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and became a Royal Academy omagari in the Tang Dynasty. According to ‘*New Tang Book·Rites and Music Records and Music Garden*’, in the 8ᵗʰ year of Kaiyuan Period of Tang (754 CE), Khrom of Hexi, Yang Jingshu offered ‘*Brahman Music*’ to the Emperor Xuanzong, who was very fond of it. In the 13ᵗʰ year of Tianbao Period (754 CE), this emperor a music lover. recomposed ‘*Brahman Music*’, added the lyrics and changed the name to ‘*Nichang Yuyi Music*’.