Apart from being great warrior and patron of architecture, Raja Man Singh (1486-1517), the Tomar Rajput ruler of Gwalior, was a skilled musician as well as a patron of musicians. He opened the doors of music to laymen. He developed Dhrupad, a Hindustani classical music, into a popular style and made it appealing for the common people.
Mankutuhal (Man Singh's Curiosities) was the name of a treatise created by the musicians of the court of Raja Man Singh Tomar under his supervision. Manakutuhala was written in Hindi verse around 1488 A.D and is the first work on Indian music written in Hindi.
Though original Manakutuhala is no longer available, it was translated into Persian by Faquirullah Saif Khan in the seventeenth century by the name ‘Raga Darpan’.
The dhrupads of Man Singh won the admiration of both Hindus and Muslims.
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