{"id":2884,"date":"2026-04-23T07:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:23:16","slug":"the-irrigation-device-called-araghatta-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/the-irrigation-device-called-araghatta-was","title":{"rendered":"The irrigation device called \u2018Araghatta\u2019 was\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>A water bag made of leather pulled over a pulley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A large wheel with earthen\u00a0<strong>pots<\/strong>\u00a0tied to the outer ends of its spokes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A larger earthen\u00a0<strong>pot<\/strong>\u00a0driven by bullocks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A large water bucket pulled up by rope directly by hand\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) A large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The \u2018ara-ghatta\u2019 originates from the blend of the words\u00a0<strong>\u201cara\u201d which means talked, and \u201cghatta\u201d which means pot.<\/strong>\u00a0There is confirmation to contend that this arrangement\u00a0<strong>of lifting water from open wells was presumably designed in India of the past.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/araghatta-irrigation-device-upsc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53243\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"comparison-with-persian-wheel-saqiyah-and-noria\">Comparison with Persian Wheel Saqiyah and Noria<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Araghatta vs Persian Wheel (Saqiyah):<\/strong>\u00a0While often equated with the Persian wheel in exam explanations, the early Indian Araghatta had distinct developmental features. The later Persian wheel \u2014 known as saqiyah \u2014 became widespread across West Asia and eventually in India, typically employing gears and animal power more systematically. The Persian wheel typically used advanced gear mechanisms, while the Araghatta remained simpler in construction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Araghatta vs Noria:<\/strong>\u00a0The noria is a water-lifting device powered by flowing water \u2014 often a river or stream \u2014 unlike the Araghatta, which relied on external power sources (human or animal).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (b) A large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Comparison with Persian Wheel Saqiyah and Noria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[41],"years":[63],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prelims","category-upsc","tag-medieval-history","years-63"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"},{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}],"post_tag":[{"value":41,"label":"Medieval History"}],"years":[{"value":63,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1},{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"Medieval History","slug":"medieval-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":38,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}