Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.106

c17.106

In the domain of music, it is very perceptible how the Hindus and the Muhammadans were borrowing from one another, each community enriching the other with the precious store it possessed. This process of intermixture was not new in the time of Akbar, but dated from a long time back. The history of Indian music, after the advent of the Muhammadans, unfolds a chapter of co-operation and intercourse between the two communities socially and politically. *Khiyāl*, for instance, which is associated with the name of