dc.contributor.author | Crook, Darren | |
dc.contributor.author | Tripathi, Sudhir | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-06T14:13:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-10-06T14:13:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Crook , D , Tripathi , S & Jones , R 2015 , ' An investigation into the age and origin of Suranga in the foothills of the Western Ghats of India ' , Water History , vol. 7 , no. 3 , pp. 253-270 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-015-0125-y | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1877-7236 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16494 | |
dc.description | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version. The final publication is available at Springer via: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-015-0125-y | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents the evidence for determining the age and origin of suranga irrigation found mainly in southern Karnataka and northern Kerala in the foothills of the Western Ghats of south India. It draws on on-going research that has attempted to use an interdisciplinary approach to date the system using Indian Archives, British and Portuguese colonial archives, etymology, oral testimony archaeology, phenology and palaeo dating techniques. The results from this study put the origins of the system at around 1900–1940 CE. These results are compared with the current academic discourse that supports the view that the system originates from ancient Persia and qanat technology, because of the long established trade links with Persia and the Arabian Peninsula in the Malabar region. We argue that a new ‘origin discourse’ should be framed around these much more recent dates. The methodological constraints behind both theories are discussed throughout to enable the reader to appreciate the limitations of both arguments. | en |
dc.format.extent | 18 | |
dc.format.extent | 2483014 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Water History | |
dc.subject | Traditional water harvesting South-west India Suranga Dating | |
dc.subject | General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | |
dc.subject | General Environmental Science | |
dc.title | An investigation into the age and origin of Suranga in the foothills of the Western Ghats of India | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Life and Medical Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Human and Environmental Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Health & Human Sciences Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Geography, Environment and Agriculture | |
dc.contributor.institution | Water and Environment | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2016-03-03 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1007/s12685-015-0125-y | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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