A History of Agriculture in India v2.c62.s8.1

v2.c62.s8.1

In harnessing the flood waters of the Jamuna and the Sutlej, by construction of the western Jamuna canal, Firoz Shah was a pioneer in the history of canal irrigation. This canal was constructed in A.D. 1355 to privide water to the newly constructed city of Hisar Firoza (Hissar) and his hunting grounds at Safidon. In aligning it, advantage was taken of natural depressions or drainage channels whose slope and direction were found suitable. The channel thus took the form of a linked series of drainages and depressions rather than a canal as the word is understood today.