Tansen the famous singer at Akbar’s court is credited with having enriched the Hindustani school by composing many new melodies or ragas.One of the most popular of these was the raga Darbari.Jahangir and ShahJahan continued patronizing music in the royal court.New styles of singing such as the khayal and thumri became popular .However music in all forms continued to be patronized by Aurangzeb’s queens and by the nobles.That is the reason for largest number of books on classical Indian music in Persian were written during Aurangzeb’s reign.But some of the most important developments in the field of music took place only in the 18th century during the reign of Muhammad Shah
