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Section 05 of six
Water
Tanks, stepped sides, feeder channels, and the level they read.
Fig. 1 — Water
A temple tank is cut to the water table, not filled from it. The stepped sides are the gauge.
Photo: Krishna Pushkarani - Hampi Ruins · Wikimedia Commons
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Entries in Water4 entries
- 01The tank reads a levelA temple tank is cut to the water table, not filled from it. The stepped sides are the gauge.5 min
- 02Stepped sidesAccess at every level, and a structure that does not fail as the level drops.3 min
- 03Feeder channelsWhere the water arrives from, and the fall it needs.3 min
- 04SiltThe maintenance problem that decides whether a tank survives a century.3 min
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