About the Book: Water Management System in the Desert Region of Rajasthan
(ThirteenthEighteenth Centuries)
The present book celebrates the people of the desert region of Rajasthan, who
succeeded in developing new techniques to preserve water for their agricultural
requirements, not withstanding the dearth they had faced year after year. The
most commendable contribution towards water management was by the Paliwal
Brahmins, called as 'The men with scientific knowledge about water management in
deserts, they cluefully managed preservation of both surface and groundwater.
The science of underground water movement was well understood by the planners of
the wells. Since the water bodies were located at the slope of tanks,