History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t9.10

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In the text the words *āmbi* and *kilar* stand for baskets, pails and buckets (*Maduraikāñcī*, I. 89; *Silappadikāram*, X. 107-119). They suggest that different types of baskets and buckets were employed in irrigation. ‘*Tev*’ and ‘*eda*’ are the terms generally met with in the Tamil literary works to denote palm-leaf baskets; and *pilā* (*Silappadikāram*, X. 111) is also a basket made of metal.