| Dada
Hari Wav Step Well (1501)
other
sites in Ahmedabad |
near Ahmedabad, India |
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The Dada Hari Step Well was built to provide drinking water to travellers and pilgrims. The stepped well is dug directly into the water table, exposing fresh water at different levels according to the seasons. Though now dry, its deep interior once provided cool relief from the harsh Indian sun.
Bibliography:
All images copyright 2001 April Clark, MArch graduate student at Yale University.
Tadgell, Christopher The
History of Architecture in India.
Phaidon Press, Limited.
Singapore. 1990