... England This is the gatehouse at Stokesay Castle, owned by English Heritage on the site of a Norman stronghold that dates back to 1281. Th ... |
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Ecological Regions Explore the ecological diversity of India - from the dry cold deserts of Ladakh to the dry, hot desert of Rajasthan; from the sub-temperate mountains of the Nilgiris to the alluvial mon... |
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A Reservoir Story The ruins of the Madag reservoir in central Karnataka was built during the Vijaynagar empire. Once, a local ruler wanted to marry the beautiful Kenchava, daughter of the... |
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Set Store by Them 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 ... |
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Bhuj Bhuj, a town in the Kutch district, was a walled city in the past. But today only remnants of the city wall can be seen. There were once three large tanks in the town - Hamirsar, t... |
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Bangalore: A Parched Future Tanks and lakes have played an important role in the water history of Karnataka. As a major part of Karnataka is in the rainshadow region of the Deccan Plateau, ... |
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The rammed earth Tulou of the Hakka people, China These are Tulou, built by the Hakka people of China. The Tulou are massive rectangular (representing Earth) or circular (representing Heaven) fortr... |
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The Deccan Plateau constitutes the whole of the south Indian tableland - the elevated region lying east of the Western Ghats. The plateau occupies large parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka and a ... |
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The Eastern Himalayas The Indian portion of the eastern Himalayan region consists of the states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, and the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. Unfortunately, there is ... |
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The Eastern Coastal Plain is a wide and long stretch of land that lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal. The major rivers which pass through this region have carved out broad valleys ... |
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