How Ancient Kings Split a River & Fed Millions

Andrew Millison single handedly showcasing Indias excellent techniques so the world can benefit. Salute brother.

As a Tamilian, I would like to thank you very very much Mr. Andrew Millison for documenting our Ancient Tamil kings water management system. Great job🎉

Ander Millison is teaching Indians more about ancient Indian agricultural practices than any other desi source. And he makes it so interesting. I just can't get enough of this series.

Finally a king who thought about the welfare of his people rather than building palaces and forts for himself. I think it is in their culture, when I was there I saw many temples, great reservoirs, lakes but almost no palaces. These king's lived for their people.

For everyone here, This was built 2000 years ago and oldest functioning dam till now. The literature and lifestyle of Tamil is so rich when I read the grammer everything was done perfect. Currently reading Thirumandhiram and Thiruvasagam and was baffled by the ideas. Current generation is nothing compared to the older one.

You make me miss India. I was in Thanjavur last year winter. I forgot everything and said to my parents, I wish I could live on a farm here. The place is simply sacred. I loved greenery and sight of cows was filling me with so much happiness

Sir Arthur Cotton, a British general and engineer, was amazed to see the water irrigation of the Cholas and the world's oldest dams, and until his death he continued to implement the irrigation scheme throughout South India..... This irrigation management of the Tamils ​​has not been implemented in any other country yet. The water management of the Tamils ​​is rivers, lakes, ponds, ponds, streams, canals, fields, and only the remaining water goes to the sea, so the three-way cultivation has been going on for thousands of years. History tells us that Tamils ​​are the first civilized people in the world....Tamil language has songs rich in literature more than 4000 years old.... Im proud to be a Tamilan.... Great work Andrew millison🎉

I don't know how this isn't part of our basic education and understanding of world history. Great job as usual, Andrew.

The Great Pyramids are fascinating, but they just sit there in the desert. This water infrastructure is useful, and i am impressed. Thank you all for posting this information

Chola Empire was one of the longest living Empire and Greatest Empire Bharat ever seen. Love from Pune

Right now in Canada.. my family hails from this region.. it's a village called Vazhuthur.. I did my post graduation in Srirangam (Island town).. the water flow engineering saved the island from a flooding in 2005-2006.. the precipitation that year was unprecedented upstream of the river.. thanks for bringing these pictures..

I live just 15 mins bike ride from Kallanai. We frequently bisit this place at weekends. It has become a weekend getaway destination for us locals and a popular destination for tourists who wants to just get a glimpse of this masterpiece of engineering marvel. Thank you Andrew for visiting Tiruchirappalli.

These mad genius ancient people never cease to amaze me. Also, Steve. Borgia's brief history is presented in a very entertaining way I can't stop smiling while imagining what Indians did back then.

Proud of my தமிழ் Tamizh ancestors... Wow! While most of the facts on the outstanding water management system that the great Cholas built over generations is well known, the way the presentation has been made so very lucidly for a lay person with some technical details, and most of all, awesome visuals, makes this video presentation superb. Hope to see many more. Happy I stumbled upon this channel to subscribe immediately.

Tiruchirapalli (the city where Kallanai is located) is my birth town. My family moved to the States when I was very young and I've lived there for 15+ years. I had the opportunity to move back here to my home town (as my visa expired). I now have the privilege of living and working here, in my birth town. I make it a point to visit this dam at least once a month to just marvel at the architectural feat. It is a testament to what our people are capable of if we put our minds on it! I'm so proud to be able to work and live in my birth town again. வாழ்க தமிழ்!

Great men of the past built impressive and lasting things that nowadays not many are able to do..

The real beauty of it is that it did not harm the ecology of the Kaveri river. Today dam building is all about blocking the narrowest choke point you can find on a river valley, and creating the biggest stagnating reservoir, and then digging unnatural canals to distribute the water. This system uses innumerable small dams, which is more laborious to build and maintain, but had the least ecological harm. The location is also important. To not split the flow upstream is important. Doing this in upstream areas would weaken the flow to downstream areas, but doing this just as the river is about to enter the sea is critical.

It’s almost criminal how I’m getting to watch such informative and beautiful content for absolutely free

I am from Trichy. Cauvery runs through my city. The wonder here is not only that the Cholas thought up this idea over a thousand years ago, BUT also that a Westerner thought it important enough to come and make a video of this Engineering marvel. Thanks a lot, Mr. Millison.

Thank you for the remarkable video! As an expat from TamilNadu, India, I feel deep nostalgia and connection to the river Kaveri where my cousins and I swam every time we met at our grandparents every year during summer holidays and enjoyed a daily trip to the river where we swam and played till our family dragged us home!😃 I hope mother Kaveri continues to give the people of Karnataka and TamilNadu food and prosperity! When I see citieis trying to build giant and grotesque skyscrapers, I wish that money would be spent more on water conservation and food cultivation while being in hamrony with nature!