A History of Agriculture in India v2.c65.s17.2
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c65.s17.2
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v2.c65.s17.2
Another great work of his was the construction of an enormous tank of dammed-up lake at the capital, which he carried out with the aid of Joao de la Ponte, a Portuguese engineer, whose services were lent to him by the governor-general of Goa. Both Paes and Nuniz mention this lake, and as the former actually saw it under construction it may have been begun in A.D. 1520. This is the large lake, now dry, to be seen at the north-western mouth of the valley entering into the Sandur hills south-west of Hospet.