Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s1.13

c6.s1.13

² Compare K.K., 709, where Amir Khusrau, beyond praising the skill and ingenuity of Indian peasants in general terms, gives no details. Compare K.R., II, 145, for the employment of Persian water-wheels on the Meghna in Bengal. Compare for a parallel the use of Persian water-wheels in Samarqand in the 13th century. Britschneider, I, 76; compare their use in Oudh (mentioned by Malik Muhammad Jaisi) under the name of *Rahat*, P., 52. Compare Babur's account in B.N., 249-50, for a more systematic survey. He refers to the use of Persian wheels in Lahore, Dipal-pur, Sirhind and thereabout; the use of large leather buckets (*pur*) drawn by a pair of bullocks in Agra, and Bayana; and the use of what is now called a *Dhenkli* for a constant supply of water. For a description of *dhenkli* see I.G.I., XXI, 125-6. Compare also Macauliffe, I, 22, for similar arrangements in other parts of Hindustan.