Highlight any three hydraulic structures as part of water management programmes initiated in ancient India along with the period when they were built.
Answer:
Points to Remember
- Sringaverapura near Allahabad
- Chandragupta Maurya , dams, lakes and irrigation systems
- Evidences of sophisticated irrigation works
- Bhopal Lake
- The tank in Hauz Khas , Delhi
*Write any 3 points
Answer to be written in the exam
- In the first century B.C, Sringaverapura near Allahabad had a sophisticated water harvesting system channeling the flood water of the river Ganga .
- Evidences of sophisticated irrigation works have also been found in Kalinga (Odisha), Nagarjunakonda (Andhra Pradesh), Bennur (Karnataka), Kolhapur (Maharashtra), etc,
- In the 11th Century , Bhopal Lake , one of the largest artificial lakes of its time was built .
