History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.59
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s6.59
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Scholars often use the expression Persian wheel for a water- drawing device in ancient India (Sharma, 1967, p 41; Nath 1970, p. 84), though reservations have been expressed by a few (Needham, IV(2), pp. 361-62; Basham 3rd ed. p.194). Irfan Habib explains the device as being novia and holds that the Persian wheel proper, an innovation of the Arabs, was introduced in India in the 13th-14th centuries (PIHS, 1969, PP. 152-53).