Dholavira rock-cut reservoirs and dams
Embalses tallados y presas de Dholavira
- Date
- c. 2600 BCE · confidence medium
- Place
- Dholavira, Khadir Island, Kutch, Gujarat, India
- Credited to
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Network of at least sixteen rock-cut reservoirs and diversion dams across two seasonal streams that supplied a city in the middle of a salt desert. It is one of the most elaborate Bronze Age rainwater-harvesting systems.
What it led to
- stable settlement of arid areas
- Indian tradition of stepped tanks and cisterns