Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.104

c17.104

At the time of Akbar, the art of music reached its noon-day splendour. The vocal music with its various *rāgs* and *rāgiṇīs*, many of which have now been forgotten for want of cultivation, received a good deal of attention, while instrumental music with its various musical instruments was equally cared for.¹