Tiers of cisterns with 'Araghatta' well from east [Ij]. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Ancient Persis, fig. 17: 'Cisterns built along cliffs at southern end of ruined 'Town of Ij'.' (Ancient Persis Map C2). Araghatta is the Sanskrit word for the Persian wheel, a linked series of waterpots for moving water up from one cistern to another. Subjects = a...