Sharngadeva

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Sharngadeva (1210-1247) was the author of the Sangita-Ratnakara, which is considered by many to be the most important work on music, after Bharata Muni's Natya Shastra. This text is important to both Karnatak and Hindustani traditions.

Sharngdeva's was of Kashmiri ancestry; his grandfather had migrated to Devagiri (in Maharashtra). He worked as an accountant in the court of the Yadava King Singhana (1210-1247 AD).

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