Playing in the Bandstand for the Buddha
I know we ought eschew muscic, but…
I like Raga music from India, and because I am a Buddhist I thought it would make sense to see if I could find some ragas that were written during the lifetime of Gautama.
I haven’t found any ancient music ensemble equivalence to what we have in Classical Music from Europe.
Do we have examples of music from his era?
I found this on the raga wiki:
Important ancient texts like the Natyashastra by Bharata Muni (c. 200 BCE–200 CE) laid the foundation for Indian classical music and dance traditions, dividing music into octaves and 22 keys.
Further Development:
Other significant texts, such as Dattilam (c. 4th century BCE-2nd century CE), Brihaddesi by Matanga in the 9th century, and Sangeeta Makarand by Narada in the 11th century, further developed the understanding and classification of ragas."