History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t9.24
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t9.24
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Even now such baskets are commonly found used in South Indian villages. Two factors may be ascribed to the common utilisation of palm-leaf baskets in South India; first, the easy availability of palmyra trees and the second factor is that the baskets are fairly leakproof and durable. In a Tamil inscription (*SII*. II pp iii, p. 352) this method is specifically mentioned as *kuḍai*. “The Vaikhānasas (priestly group of Vaisnavas) of the temple of Mahaviṣṇu arranged for the cultivation of the garden themselves. In order to do this, they employed persons to lift water with buckets, dig the earth, fence the field and do well other connected duties” (*ANRIE*. 1916, pt. ii, para 11).