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Q:

Which place had water harvesting system channeling the flood water of the Ganga river in the first century B.C?

  • 1
    Kanpur
  • 2
    Gorakhpur
  • 3
    Mirzapur
  • 4
    Sringaverapura
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Answer : 4. "Sringaverapura"
Explanation :

1. 1st century BC The water harvesting system that taps the flood waters of the Ganga River was at Shringaverapura, located in the present-day Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh state of India.

2. The system was composed of three percolation-cum-storage tanks, fed by an 11-meter wide and 5-meter deep canal, which diverted flood water from the monsoon-swollen Ganga.

3. During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, large-scale dams, irrigation systems and harvesting systems were constructed throughout his kingdom.

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