“This is a tour de force of sophisticated global erudition.” —Filippo de Vivo, University of Oxford, UK “In its wide global range and rich variety of st

"This is a tour de force of sophisticated global erudition." -Filippo de Vivo, University of Oxford, UK "In its wide global range and rich variety of studies, t

“This is a tour de force of sophisticated global erudition.” —Filippo de Vivo, University of Oxford, UK “In its wide global range and rich variety of st

This volume is the first to attempt a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary analysis of the manuscript cultures implementing the pothi manuscript form (a loosely

This is the first history of Indian music and musicians during the transition from Mughal to British rule, c.1748-1858.