This book is structured into seven Chapters. The first Chapter introduces the readers into the world of Hindustani taals (parichaya). The second Chapter establishes the Tala terminologies and the Tabla/ Pakhawaj repertoire used in the book (paribhaasha and rangapatala). The description of the taal thekas is covered in Chapters 3 to 7. Chapter 3 gives the thekas of the Big ten taals - the prime movers of the Hindustani musical system. Chapter 4 presents the popular, current, & sparsely used taal thekas (loka priya, prachalita & alpa prachalita). Chapter 5 describes the Archaic taal thekas (aprachalita) developed in the Hindustani musical system (Hindustani sangita sampradaya) over the past 3-4 centuries. To facilitate ease of navigation of the taal thekas, the Chapter 5 is divided into four sub-chapters as follows: Chapter 5-1 encompasses taal thekas of avartanas (metrical macro-cycle sizes) of 2-11 matras, Chapter 5-2 covers macro-cycles of 12-15 matras,...