Question

What developments were made in agriculture by the Cholas?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The prosperity of an agricultural country depends to a large extent on the facilities provided for irrigation. Apart from sinking wells and excavating tanks, the Chola rulers threw mighty stone dams across the Kaveri and other rivers, and cut out channels to distribute water over large tracts of land

Answer 2

“The early Tamils raised crops, domesticated cattle for farm use and developed suitable farming implements. They had also adopted tank irrigation of their lands and whenever the monsoon failed and tank got dried up, they led dug wells for tapping sub-soil water.