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Sarngadeva and His Sangita- Ratnakara Sahitya Akademi Delhi Foreword v Preface ix IThe Sangeet Natak Akademi organized a seminar concentrating on the first, sixth T, and seventh chapters of the Naryalstra in Delhi in April 1992 this was the first seminar devoted to a specific district text. The second seminar was centered on Samgadeva's Sangita ratalkara, the most important text of sangitalastra. This seminar was held in Varanasi in February 1994, although originally it was planned to be held in Devagiri fort, the place where