[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c32.s2.t3.2 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t3.2 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t3.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c32.s2.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3.2) In the Paripāḍal (verse, 20, ll.90-107; see also Balakrishna Mudaliyar, 1960, p.38), one of the Sangam anthologies, we come across a passage in which it is mentioned that the river Vaigai near Madurai was then a mighty river, and to control and regulate it when in freshes, several water-heads and large underground sluice shutters were constructed for the purpose. So it is not a matter of coincidence that we notice in the early and later Pāṇḍya records from the 8th century onwards a good number of references to the construction of sluices to river channels and small-sized reservoirs in and around Madurai. - [Previous: v1.c32.s2.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3.1) - [Next: v1.c32.s2.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3.3) - [Up: v1.c32.s2.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c32.s2.t3.2) · Pramāṇa