Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c15.20

c15.20

(5) Musical notes and intervals were analyzed and mathematically calculated in the treatises on music,¹⁴ e.g., Sharamgadeva's "Samgita-ratnakara" ("Ocean of Music") (1210-47), Damodara's "Samgita-darpana" ("The mirror of music") (1560-1647), etc. The relative pitch of the notes of the diatonic scale was, according to Krishnaji Ballal Deval, accurately determined.