what do you know about water resources of Vijayanagar Kingdom
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· Vijayanagara was located in the natural basin formed by the river Tungabhadra
which flows in the north-easterly direction and the landscape that surrounded the city
with granite hills.
· Many embankments were built along these streams to create reservoirs of
different sizes. Since Vijayanagara was one of the most arid zones of the peninsula,
perfect arrangements were made to store rainwater to be used in the city.
· Kamalapuram tank is the best example for such a tank built in the early years of
the fifteenth century. Water from this tank was used not only for irrigating fields but
was also conducted through a channel to the “royal centre”.
· According to the historians, the Hiriya canal was one of the most prominent
waterworks. This canal drew water from a dam built across the Tungabhadra and
irrigated the cultivated fields that separated the “sacred centre “from the “urban core”.
This canal was built by kings of the Sangama dynasty.
The sources of Vijayanagar empire history include accounts of foreign travellers, Indigenous Works (local vernacular literature), and archaeological excavations.
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