Question

In ancient India along with sophisticated hyIn ancient India, along with the sophisticated hydraulic structures, there existed an

extraordinary tradition of water – harvesting system. Explain any three of them.

Answer 1

The following statement can be understand deeply with these points:

(a) In hilly and mountainous regions, people built diversion channels like ‘gul’ or ‘kul’ in Western Himalaya for agriculture.

(b) Roof-top rain water harvesting was commonly practised to store drinking water particularly in Rajasthan.

(c) In West Bengal, people develop inundation channels to irrigate their fields.

(d) In semi-arid regions agricultural fields were converted into rain fed storage structures called Khadins and Johads that allowed the water to stand and moist the soil.

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