Indian music can be described as having been inaugurated with the
chanting of Vedic hymns, though it is more than probable that the Indus Valley
Civilization was not
without its musical culture, of which almost nothing is known. There are
references to various string and wind instruments, as well as several kinds of
drums and cymbals, in the Vedas. Sometime between the 2nd century BC and the
5th century AD, the Natyashastra, on Treatise
on the Dramatic Arts, was composed by Bharata. To know more read:
