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Chola Empire's Waterworks: The Grand Anicut and Kaveri Canals
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the Chola Empire's mastery of water engineering. While the Cholas are famous for temples and conquests, their irrigation systems—especially the Grand Anicut (Kallanai), a massive stone dam built across the Kaveri River—sustained their power for centuries. Lucas explains how the Cholas expanded on earlier Pallava and Karikala Chola works, creating an intricate network of canals and reservoirs that turned the Kaveri delta into a rice bowl. Learn about the Kudimaramathu system of community maintenance, the role of village assemblies…
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