Anikato stone dam - Anikato stone dam

Japanese: アニカト石造堰堤 - あにかとせきぞうえんてい
Anikato stone dam - Anikato stone dam

…Of the countermeasures against these problems, the one that South Asia has focused on since ancient times is irrigation projects to prevent droughts rather than floods. Major ancient irrigation projects that remain today include the Sudarsana artificial lake, built by damming a river on the Karthiawar Peninsula in western India at the end of the 4th century BCE during the Mauryan period, and the Anikath stone dam, built at the top of the Cauvery delta in southern India around the 2nd century CE. After that, the Western Yamuna Canal, built by King Firoz Shah of the Tughluq dynasty in the mid-14th century, and other water works carried out by the British in the 19th century in the former Punjab state, the western part of Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, were also primarily intended for irrigation. …

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Japanese:

…これらへの対策のうち古代以来南アジアで最も力が注がれてきたのは,水害よりも干害の防止のための灌漑水利事業であった。 現在に残る古代の主要な灌漑水利工事には,マウリヤ朝時代の前4世紀末に西インドのカーティアーワール半島で河流をせき止めて建造されたスダールサナ人造湖,また後2世紀ころに南インドのカーベーリ川デルタ頂部に建造されたアニカト石造堰堤がある。以後,14世紀中期のトゥグルク朝のフィーローズ・シャー王により建設された西ヤムナー用水路をはじめ,19世紀になってイギリスによって旧パンジャーブ州,現ウッタル・プラデーシュ州西部,タミル・ナードゥ州などで進められた諸水利工事も,主として灌漑を目的とするものであった。…

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