Abstract
This article describes how many ancient Indian musicologists, through their scholarly and practical works, enriched music theory, compiled the Natya Shastra (Bharata-mundiru)-the foundations of the philosophy of music, dance, and theater-and deeply analyzed the concepts of Sri Venaka-raga and tala.References
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