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The Mahabharata uses the term gandharva gana to refer to music. Musicology, or the science of music was called Gandharvasastra. Superhuman beings called Gandharvas were the expert practitioners of this music. Both gandharvas and their consorts, the apsaras, were experts in singing, playing musical instruments and dancing. Arjuna, one of the heroes in the Mahabharata had learnt these musical arts from Citrasena, a gandharva. Kings maintained their own music schools to train princesses and their maids-in-waiting in the performing arts. The names of the seven basic musical notes (Sadja etc) have been clearly mentioned in the Mahabharata. The epic therefore bears testimony to the long living tradition of Indian Classical music. The use of music in festivals and other social occasions as mentioned in the epic, brings out the importance given to music in human life.