The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

Name: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
Uploaded: 2009-12-03T01:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 57 s
Description: With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These ancient aqueducts and stepwells are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.

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TEDIndia 2009

• November 2009

With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These ancient aqueducts and stepwells are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.