Irrigation
Evolution of Irrigation System
- Indus Valley Civilization: Indus Valley Civilization protected their crops with slings and clays of balls. They also built walls to protect them from floods. They used irrigation canals to bring water from the river to their crops.
- Ancient India: The Veda mentions only well-style irrigation, where kupa and avata wells once dug are stated to be always full of water. Later, in the 4th-century BCE Indian scholar Pāṇini, mentions tapping rivers (Sindhu, Suvastu, Varnu, Sarayu, Vipas and Chandrabhaga) for irrigation.
- Medieval India: The most widespread irrigation system in India was undertaken in India in the medieval ....
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