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Social organisation of shared well irrigation in Punjab [1]

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An institution of shared well irrigation has existed for long in Punjab since the days of the Persian wheel about which there is little information available. This institution which is based on the intertwined relations of social structure and physical aspects of irrigation continues to be a significant part of social, economic and cultural life of the cultivators of Punjab.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2010
Rakesh Tiwary [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
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Wells [4], Tubewells [5], Water Management [6], Water Distribution [7], Dams/ Irrigation [8], Irrigation [9], Groundwater Irrigation [10], Punjab [11], Hoshiarpur (D) [12], Economic and Political Weekly [3], Rakesh Tiwary [2]
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