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In the first century B.C., Sringaverapura near Allahabad had a sophisticated water harvesting system channelling the flood water of the river _______.

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Gandak
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Kosi
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Satluj
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Ganga
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The correct option is D Ganga
At Sringaverapura near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India, there exists an extraordinary example of hydraulic engineering dating back to the end of the 1st century BC. It comprises three percolation-cum-storage tanks, fed by an 11 m wide and 5 m deep canal that used to skim the floodwaters off the monsoon-swollen Ganga.

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