Karez system, under this process it hardness the groundwater resources like springs and it supplies water to settlements through the channels which are presented at underground.
Karez was contribution of Bahmani kingdom it was brought in the 15th Century by the Afghan rulers of Delhi sultanates in Southern India.
Underground tunnel provides access of water to the sentiments or irrigation lands.
Bahmani rulers use this technology in arid areas of Northern Karnataka.
It is one of the traditional water harvesting and distribution system of India.
It was widely used by Bahmani Kingdom.
Other Traditional Water Harvesting Systems
Paar system or Rejuwani system is found in Western Rajasthan in Jaisalmer district.
Talab or Bandi in Bundelkhand use ponds
Johad- uses check dams, present in Alwar in Rajasthan
Pat uses diversion bunds, in jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
Bawari in Rajasthan it uses step wells
Khadin or Dhora- uses check dams in Rajasthan
Neeruganti in Karnataka
Khuls are the channels in spiti valley
Tanka is a rain water harvesting system in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
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