Editing Music theory (section)

====India====
{{See also|Music of India}}
The [[Samaveda]] and [[Yajurveda]] (c. 1200 – 1000&nbsp;BCE) are among the earliest testimonies of Indian music, but properly speaking, they contain no theory. The [[Natya Shastra]], written between 200&nbsp;BCE to 200&nbsp;CE, discusses intervals (''[[Shruti (music)|Śrutis]]''), scales (''Grāmas''), consonances and dissonances, classes of melodic structure (''Mūrchanās'', modes?), melodic types (''Jātis''), instruments, etc.<ref>''The Nāțyaśāstra, A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics, attributed to Bharata Muni'', translated from the Sanskrit with introduction and notes by Manomohan Ghosh, vol. II, Calcutta, The Asiatic Society, 1961. See particularly pp. 5–19 of the Introduction, ''The Ancient Indian Theory and Practice of Music''.</ref>