Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Agriculture

1. What was the source of water for agriculture?
2. Who created the biggest network of canals in the 14th century?
3. What was used in the north to lift water from wells?
4. Who created a network of canals in the south of India?

Answer 1

1. Both in the north and the south, agriculture depended heavily on irrigation. Canals and wells added to the water sources in addition to rainfall and rivers.
2. Firuzshah Tughluq created the biggest network of canals in the fourteenth century in the Delhi area.
3. Persian wheel was used for lifting water from wells in the north
4. The Cholas had created a network of canals for irrigation connecting the tributaries of Kaveri.