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Correlation Studies on Ancient Irrigation Tanks in Sri Lanka
2005
Engineer Journal of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka
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Arumugam (1957) outlined a simple method of determining the spill dimensions of a village irrigation tank. A study was carried out to see if the ancient tank builders have followed this method and the very high correlation coefficients (> 0.91) suggest that these builders may have known the method proposed by Arumugam. Of course the study could be carried out only in the case of 8 tanks where the relevant data are available. The correlations are not that strong when these tanks were restored as
doi:10.4038/engineer.v38i3.7219
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