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The theory of most non-western music tends to be aural, not written down, so in books you're probably going to be getting it from a western perspective. But I guess you're coming from there anyhow, so that should be OK!
Two books along these lines that I've read are:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Popular-Musics-Non-Western-World-Introductory/dp/0195063341
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traditional-African-Oriental-Music-K%C3%A1rolyi/dp/B00XWXSFP4
A more superficial one (resembling a school book) is:
Obviously because both cover such widely differing regions, they're pretty sketchy on any single culture, but for a beginner they should provide a good intro.
This seems to be a good website on Indian classical music: http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/