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![Mridanga; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
[Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London]](https://web.archive.org/web/20100830101812im_/http://www.britannica.com/static/bps-static-content/20100820-1222/images/darwin/shared/spacer_htc.gif "Mridanga; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Mridanga; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[Credit: Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London]
Pallavi Krishnan performing the mohini attam.[Credit: K K Gopalakrishnan]
Elevation of a North Indian temple with the latina type of superstructure.
Elevation of a North Indian temple with the śekharī type of superstructure.
Plan of the sanctum of a South Indian temple.
Elevation of a South Indian temple with the kūṭina type of …
Southern gopura of the Śiva temple at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, c. ad 1248[Credit: P. Chandra]
Steatite seal, Indus valley civilization, c. 2300–c. 1750 bce; in the National …[Credit: P. Chandra]
Steatite seal, the Indus valley civilization, c. 2300–c. 1750 bce; in the …[Credit: P. Chandra]
Mithuna, terra-cotta sculpture from India, Gupta period, 5th century ce; in the Honolulu Academy …[Credit: Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, purchase, 2003 (12,476.1)]
Dagger with a horse-head handle, steel, jade, gold, rubies, diamond, and emerald, from India, …[Credit: Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of Drs. Edmund J. and Julie Lewis, 2002 (11851.1)]
Both raga and tala provide bases for composition and improvisation in Indian classical music. A performance usually begins with an improvised section, called alapa, played in free time without accompaniment of drums. It may have various sections and might on occasion last half an hour or longer. It is followed by a composed piece in the same raga, set in a particular tala. In South Indian music all composed pieces are primarily for the voice and have lyrics. In North India, however, there are also some purely instrumental compositions, called gat and dhun. The ... (100 of 87193 words)
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