History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.30

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Most of the P.G. Ware sites are situated on the river banks. The location gave them the advantage of inundation of the fields and also provided the facility of overflow irrigation through shallow canals. At the P.G. Ware site of Jakhera (Etah, U.P) the exposed moat like water channel (Sahi, II, p. 104) was possibly used for irrigation also. In the *Ṛgveda* (V. 4.1,7) Ṛbhus are the craftsmen who led forth the rivers. Some passages suggest embankments obstructing rivers. Indra broke them to set the rivers free (*RV.* III. 3.7).