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- The root of music in ancient India are found in the Vedic literature of Hinduism. The earliest Indian thought combined three arts, syllabic recital (vadya), melos (gita) and dance (nrtta). [ 16] As these fields developed, sangeeta became a distinct genre of art, in a form equivalent to contemporary music.
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Music in ancient India, can be reproduced from written works dating to the Indian classical period, such as the Nātya Shastra, and through surviving examples of liturgical music such as the hymns of the Samaveda. Musical instruments dating to the prehistoric period have been recovered from archaeological excavations.
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- Bharatanatyam. The Bharatanatyam is one of the most ancient of the traditional Hindu sacred dances, dating back to around 1000 BC. It originates from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and today is mostly practiced by women.
- Kathakali. Kathakali is a breathtaking mixture of dance and drama taking its name from the Hindu words katha (story) and kali (performance).
- Kathak. Kathak takes its name from the Sanskrit word Katha, which as we mentioned above means story. It’s unsurprising then that it is usually attributed to ancient northern India’s traveling bards, the Kathakars, or “storytellers” in English.
- Kuchipudi. The origins of Kuchipudi are similar to that of Kathak in that it originally developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards who would move from temple to temple.
The ancient classical text, Natyashastra, by Bharat Muni is the foundation of numerous classical music and dance traditions of India. Natyashastra was the first musical work in written format that divided music into octaves and 22 keys.
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The classical music tradition of the ancient and medieval Indian subcontinent (modern Bangladesh, India, Pakistan) were a generally integrated system through the 14th century, after which the socio-political turmoil of the Delhi Sultanate era isolated the north from the south.
Dance is an ancient and celebrated cultural tradition in India. Folk dances abound all across the country, and huge crowds of people can be found dancing at festivals and weddings. Dance and song features heavily in Indian cinema (so-called “Bollywood” films), too.
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Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, [1] [2] [3] the theory and practice of which can be traced to the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra.
INDIAN MUSIC The history of Indian music can be studied under three major periods like Ancient, Medieval and Modern. The era of Ancient music extends from the Vedic Age to period of Sangita Ratnakara, after which the medieval system of music evolved. Around 14th century it culminated in the bifurcation of the Indian music into two
