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Sometimes those wells appear to have been used for irrigation purposes, the water being led off into broad channels, sūrmi susirā (RV. VIII. 69.12; Macdonell & Keith, 1, pp. 39-40). Deep sunk wells whose bottom looks dark due to their depth are mentioned in the Jaiminīya-Brāhmaṇa (I. 292), a work related to Sāmaveda.