Evolution of Indian Music: Part I (3000 BC - 1945 AD)

This video is an attempt at mapping the evolution of Indian music and poetry from the beginning of recorded Indian history till the end of our freedom struggle. I am neither a historian nor a musician but take a keen interest in both Indian history and Indian culture. I do not claim the video to be an authority on the history of Indian music but I have tried my best to maintain historical accuracy.

3000 BC – Chanting of OM at gurukulas (ancient Vedic schools)
1500 BC – Rigveda hymns sung by sages
1200 BC – Brahma Samhita passed on as oral tradition
1000 BC – Hymns from Vedas become popular with masses
700 BC – Upanishads are penned
300 BC – Maurya dynasty popularizes hymns from Upanishads to masses
200 AD – Peak of Buddhism in India with ubiquitous Buddhist chants
500 AD – Kalidasa composes Meghaduta
1000 AD – Various genres of dance forms spread (Bharatnatyam becoming the most prominent)
1150 AD – Carnatic music style achieves mass popularity
1200 AD – Jayadev composes epic poem Gita-Govinda
1300 AD – Amir Khusrow takes India by storm with his musical innovations
1400 AD – Qawwalis popularized by Sufis
1500 AD – Kabir challenges orthodoxy of Indian culture through many of his seminal works
1525 AD – Devotional songs composed by Meera bai become a rage
1550 AD – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ushers in the Bhakti movement (music as a form of devotion)
1600 AD – Tansen is immortalized through his innovations of Raagas
1625 AD – Tulsidas pens the epic Ramcharitmanas
1700 AD – Rajasthani style of music gain popularity
1725 AD – Maraths carry their battle songs to the rest of India
1750 AD – Sufi poet Bulleh Shah gains popularity in North and North-West India
1800 AD – Sikhs popularize their martial dance (bhangra) as a music genre
1850 AD – Mirza Ghalib becomes the most influential composer of Ghazals
1875 AD – Rajasthani folk songs made popular by wandering traders
1900 AD – Bankim Chandra pens Vade Mataram which becomes the battle cry for Indian independence
1905 AD – Patriotic Poems composed by Allama Iqbal gain popularity
1910 – Sardar Ajit Singh pens famous song “Pagdi Sambhaal” which rallies people against British rule
1920 – Gandhi’s favourite bhajan Vaishnav Jan gains popularity through its recitals in prayer meetings
1931 – Patriotic Songs penned by India revolutionaries are outlawed which makes them more popular
1935 – Gandhi’s musical preferences continue to influence pre independence Indian music
1940 – Noorjahan becomes the first Indian radio superstar
1943 –India movie songs start gaining popularity
1945 – Poet Rabindranath Tagore pens Jana Gana Mana which goes on to become the national anthem
Part II will be uploaded based on the feedback of this video.

Видео Evolution of Indian Music: Part I (3000 BC - 1945 AD) канала rasu84