Approach India's Heritage... Approach India's history from the point of view of human-nature interactions. Come face-to-face with a history of water harvesting since antiquity. There are... |
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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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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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Built in Mughal Times The Mughal rulers left behind a great legacy of well-engineered water works all over India, especially in central India. A typical example is the old water wor... |
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What the Harappans Also Did The Harappan civilisation (2500-1900 BC) comprised a number of urban centres. Dholavira, in the great Rann of Kutch (in present-day Gujarat, western India), is o... |
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Hyderabad: Tradition botched Hyderabad was founded in 1591 by Mohd Quli Qutub Shah on the banks of Musi river. The city has a glorious tradition of tanks built by the rulers. The first s... |
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CHENNAI: Endangered Urban Tanks Water has always been a scarce commodity in Chennai. The situation today is so appalling that water supply has been restricted to every alternate day. It s... |
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A Lesson There was a thirsty crow. It peered into an earthen pitcher. There was water at the bottom. "Dregs," it cawed alarmed. But it was thirsty. It began to drop pebbles into the pitcher. Drop... |
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DELHI Delhi existed much before the arrival of the lift-pump, electricity and chlorine. The seat of one empire after another since the 11th century, it has always been a prosperous and popu... |
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