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Depending on the size and water-spread of the reservoir the number of sluices were determined. The Tirayaneri in the Cingleput district constructed in the first half of the 8th century A.D. by some predecessor of the Pallava Nandivarman II was provided with 23 sluices and stone revetment (Sewell, 1882, p.188). The extant Viranam tank or Vīranārāyaṇppereri, a large reservoir, constructed by the Cola Parāntaka I (c. 950 A.D.) at the fag end of the Kaveri delta (South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu) has 74 sluices (GAAD, 1906, p. 132).