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The discovery of a large number of wells within the housing complex at Mohenjo-daro points to the importance of well-water for domestic and ritualistic purpose. The occurrence of the word avata meaning a well repeatedly in the Ṛgveda (RV. I. 55.8; IV. 17.16; VIII. 49.6; X. 25.4) shows that the vedic farmers had known the method of digging wells. Such wells are described as unfailing (akṣita) and full of water (RV. X. 101.6).