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Engineering past ages

Kallani( the Grand Anicut)

It was built by the Chola king Karikala Chola around the 2nd Century AD and is considered one of the oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world, which is still in use. It still stands as a symbol of Dravidian Engineering.

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Uploaded on August 10, 2013
Taken on August 4, 2013