WATER FROM WELL -ANCIENT INDIA

BULLOCK USED FOR LIFTING WATER, FROM WELL, AT SOUTH ARCOT -INDIA





1938: A man irrigating a rice paddy field using a traditional method

1950: Youths turning a water wheel for the irrigation of Asian rice fields and tea gardens
THIS WAS SOMETIMES AWARDED AS A PUNISHMENT [IN MALAYALAM THERE IS A SAYING "ATHIMOHAM CHAKRRAM CHAVITTUM"]=IF YOU GET MONEY BY WRONG MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO GO AND WORK ON THE WHEEL AS A PUNISHMENT

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