Traditional water management systems of India /

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Imprint:Bhopal : Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya ; New Delhi : Aryan Books International, c2006.
Description:xxviii, 192 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6665993
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Other authors / contributors:Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar, 1947-
Badam, G. L. (Gyani Lal), 1940-
Paranjpye, Vijay, 1948-
ISBN:8173053154
9788173053153
Notes:"The book is based on seminar proceedings on Traditional Water Management Systems organised by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, and held in four components, at Bhopal (16-18th September 1997), Ahmedabad (19-21st January 1998), Pune (3-4th April 1998) and Bhandara (26-28 October 1998)"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt.1. Traditional water management systems
  • Traditional systems of water management in Maharashtra / P.P. Dandawate, P.S. Joshi and B.S. Gajul
  • Inamgaon : the proto-historic irrigation system / M.K. Dhavalikar (with a note by S.N. Rajaguru)
  • Traditional water systems in the forts of Maharashtra / P.K. Ghanekar
  • The inscriptional evidence of ancient water management systems with special reference to Western India / Shobhana Gokhale
  • Water management in ancient and medieval India / M.S. Mate
  • Water systems in Udayagiri : a search for its meaning / Meera Dass
  • Pre-Mughal water supply systems in the Deccan (AD 1300-1650) / M.S. Mate
  • The hydraulic system of some early historic sites of Kalahandi District, Orissa / Baba Mishra and Pradeep Mohanty
  • Water management concept in classical Indian literature / Vijay Paranjpye
  • Pt.2. Traditional water management systems in contemporary times
  • Data on existing traditional water systems in Himachal Pradesh / R.G. Arya
  • Re-charging of springs : a revival of tradition / A.P. Joshi and Rumita Gupta
  • On the need to conserve the traditional urban waters supply system in Pune / Subhada Kamlapurkar
  • Traditional water management systems in Bundelkhand / Sunanda Kirtane and Krishna Gandhi
  • Ancient waterworks as models for localized water management / J. Maneul
  • Note on practical field initiatives / U.C. Pandey
  • Phad system of Western Maharashtra : a traditional method of water harvesting and management by the farmers / R.K. Patil
  • Pond systems in Panvel Taluka and their conservation " traditional water harvesting in Panvel / Makarand Pendse
  • Conservation of traditional water supply of Burhanpur Town / S.S. Raghuwanshi
  • Tanks of Kohlis in Gond Kingdom : traditional water harvesting systems in Bhandara District of Maharashtra / Manish Rajankar and Yogini Dolke
  • Strategies to protect the dwindling domestic water supply : Kutch District / K.C.B. Raju
  • Ponds in Bhandara District and water management / Manish Rajankar and Yogini Dolke
  • Reviving traditional watter resource development and management in Ramanathpuram District, Tamilnadu / G. Vasudeo (with a note by R. Sreenivasan)
  • Pt.3. Short communications, suggestions and recommendations
  • Water management in the Himalaya-Ganga : reconciling interventions and complexity / Ajay Dixit
  • Suggestions on traditional water harvesting structures / Kamal Saxena, S. Ramanuja and Lavesh Kansal
  • Individual well re-charge techniques / K.C.B. Raju
  • Traditional drinking water resource management as solutions towards sustainable systems in hills / Vijay Kumar
  • Traditional water management practices / Raman Patel
  • Farmer organizations and organizational and procedural changes : experiences from Maharashtra / Vijay Paranjpye
  • Suggestions for overall improvement of ancient water management on government and technical levels / Vijay Paranjpye
  • Recommendations : with emphasis on the water management systems in Maharashtra / Vijay Paranjpye
  • What other said / Gyani Lal Badam
  • Concluding remarks / Gyani Lal Badam and Ashwani Wanganeo.