Architecture & Engineering
Eri tank irrigation networks
1st millennium CE onwardSouth Indian communitiesTamil Nadu tank systemsTamil Nadu
0 CE
Chains of linked reservoirs that capture monsoon run-off for irrigation and groundwater recharge.
- Dated
- 0–999 CE
- As scholars put it
- 1st millennium CE onward
- Originator
- South Indian communities
- Source text
- Tamil Nadu tank systems
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Many tanks have silted up or been encroached.
Path to modern innovation
A model for decentralised water management.
References
- 1Water-history scholarship
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