Question

How was water harvested in ancient India with the help of different structures.

Answer 1

1.Talab/bandhi

Talab are the resorvoir to store water foe for household consumption and drinking purposes. The reservoir with area less than five bighas known as talai,medium sized known as Bandhi and bigger ones as sagar or samand.

2. Tanka

It is traditional technique indegious to Thar desert of Rajasthan. A taanka is a underground paved pit in whoch water from rooftops,courtyards and artificially catchments flow.

3 Johads

Johads,one of the oldest system used to conserve and recharge groundwater. Small check dams that capture and store rainwater.