Question
Download Solution PDF_______ near Allahabad had a sophisticated water harvesting system that channelled the flood water of the river Ganga, even in ancient times.
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Srigaverapura.
Key Points
- At Sringaverapura near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India, there exists an extraordinary example of hydraulic engineering dating back to the end of the 1st century BC.
- It comprises three percolation-cum-storage tanks, fed by an 11 m wide and 5 m deep canal that is used to skim the floodwaters off the monsoon-swollen Ganga.
- During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, dams, irrigation systems, and harvesting systems were extensively built throughout his kingdom.
Additional Information
- Water Harvesting System:
- It is a collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off.
- Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and re-directed to a tank, cistern, deep pit, aquifer, or reservoir with percolation so that it seeps down and restores the ground water.
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