Which text describes the ‘irrigation’ devices in northern India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Babur Nama
The Babur Nama is the memoir of Babur, the first Mughal emperor. In it he describes the irrigation devices he saw in northern India: where rivers did not supply water, young trees and fields were watered with buckets or wheels. In Lahore and Dipalpur, he writes, people used a wheel-well with pitchers tied to ropes, turned by a bullock (the Persian wheel).
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NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State (2025-26)
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