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Dams in India · Mysteria

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Walls thrown across a valley to hold back a season's water.

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🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works

Kallanai Grand Anicut East Channel

Early Historic to Medieval · Early Chola, Medieval Chola, Vijayanagara

800-m-east Kallanai east channel with 9-sluice Chola regulator feeding east delta.

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Kallanai North Channel — Grand Anicut Kaveri North Branch

Classical Sangam to Colonial · Early Chola, British colonial (Cotton)

Chola Karikalan 2nd CE north Kollidam regulators with 12 vents and 1804 Cotton arches, oldest working dam distributary.