known as pre-historic music). Author has traced the development of the music in the ancient world meticulously with the help of the writings of the best of the authorities, without interposing himself anywhere This book is classified into nine chapters. The very first chapter presents the origin of ancient music based upon the studies of scholars from all over the world. Second chapter deals with the music of Sumeria, Arcadia, Babylonia and Assyria from the period of the earliest surviving evidence in third millennium B.C until antiquity. Third chapter discusses history of pre-Islamic music of Arabia, Persia and Syria and its continuing folk traditions, while fourth chapter presents the knowledge of the music and the musical instruments of ancient Israel as described in the bible. Fifth chapter traces origin and development of pre-Islamic music in Arabia while sixth chapter describes the Islamic influence of music in India. Seventh chapter describes Chinese music and musical instruments of Yin and Yang school. Eighth chapter covers philosophy of music in ancient India viz. the tantric philosophy of music, Shiva and shakti and the characteristic traits of Narada while the last chapter covers history of music in ancient India describing bharata�s Natyasastra, Buddhist music, Gandharva Sangit Sastra, and the Vaishnavite music. ISBN - 9788182204942