History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.32

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Irrigational activity was promoted by the establishment of larger kingdoms and the increase in the sphere of state activities. The concept of state’s responsibility for irrigational work issued directly from the theory connecting failure of rains and the occurrence of natural calamities with some grave lapse on the part of the king and requiring him to provide help and redressal against calamities.