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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
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