| Reflections on ancient Indian music from the bhāruta stūpa sculptures |
| Indian sculptures are valuable archaeological sources for the study of ancient Indian music, especially during the early ancient period, when there are only a few musicological treatises, and most textual references come from non-musicological literature. The sculptures from the Bharhut stupa, a Buddhist shrine in Madhya Pradesh, serve as an important source for investigating musical instruments during the ancient era. This paper takes a review of these sculptures and establishes the musical connections by corroborating the contemporary and later textual references. With this, the paper sheds light on Indian music in general, and Indian musical instruments in particular, during the 2nd century BCE. |
| Author: Dr Keshavchaitanya Jagannath Kunte
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Submitted on : 27-Oct-2025
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Arts : India/ Music/ Hindustani Classical Music |
| Journal ID : 0030-101-0242
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