... 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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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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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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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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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 Indian islands comprise of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea. Till recently isolated and comparatively unknown, these islands ... |
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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 Trans-Himalayan region of India consists of the cold deserts of Ladakh and Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Lahaul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh. Find more about Techniques... |
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