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Ashish Sankrityayan:�Dhrupad of the Dagars:

Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Questions

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Dhrupad singer Vishwanath Rao of the Betiah tradition who was renowned for his dhamar improvisation

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Dhrupad singers and pakhavaj players from various princely states - Allahabad Conference, October 1933

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Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Suraiya Dagar at Theosophical Society, Benares, 1954

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Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar at the house of Behram Khan, Jaipur

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Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar at the Qutub Minar Complex, Mehrauli, Delhi

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Aghor Chakravarty - renowned dhrupad singer

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Zia Mohiuddin Dagar at his Chembur residence, 1988

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Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar at the Dagar Saptak Festival, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 1982

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Nagen Mukerj - renowned Calcutta pakhavaj player who often played with Vishwanath Rao

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Grandchildren of Allabande Khan - Indore, 1937

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Dhrupad of the Dagars, front cover

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Dhrupad of the Dagars - preface, contents

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Dhrupad of the Dagars, chapter 1

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Dhrupad of the Dagars - Chapter 12

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L: Folio from Persian manuscript

R: house of Behram Khan, Jaipur

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Illustration from a Persian manuscript

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L: Rag Prakash - a compilation of song texts of dhrupads and khayals of Chitipal

Bibliography

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About the Author, Index

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The book with the CD is sent in a cardboard carton with several layers of reinforcement with stiff PVC strips, styropor, and cardboard. Digitised Archival material sent by WeTransfer.

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Dhrupad of the Dagars:

Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Questions

Hardbound, 836 pages, with over 600 BW photographs,

printed on coated art paper at Thomson Press, Delhi

Dimensions: 22 cms x 28 cms x 3.5 cms, weight 2.4 kgs

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