<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article reviews water transportation, testing and purification techniques in a regional context - the Indo-Pak subcontinent, a southern region of Asia - during the early modern period. A brief history of comparative methodologies based on surveys and historical texts has been explored as evidence of the evolving types of water testing parameters between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. This analysis also took under consideration the role of culture, beliefs as well as religious rituals in the selection of drinking water and how it has influenced the population living conditions, dominating the process of decision-making within a specific community.</p></abstract>

This article reviews water transportation, testing and purification techniques in a regional context - the Indo-Pak subcontinent, a southern region of Asia - during the early modern period. A brief history of comparative methodologies based on surveys and historical texts has been explored as evidence of the evolving types of water testing parameters between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. This analysis also took under consideration the role of culture, beliefs as well as religious rituals in the selection of drinking water and how it has influenced the population living conditions, dominating the process of decision-making within a specific community.

Water Management, Purification and Testing Techniques in Indo-Pak Landscapes in the Early Modern Period

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This article reviews water transportation, testing and purification techniques in a regional context - the Indo-Pak subcontinent, a southern region of Asia -...

Water Management, Purification and Testing Techniques in Indo-Pak Landscapes in the Early Modern Period

Published Online: May 11, 2017

Page range: 16 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/glp-2016-0002

Keywords
Water transportation, Water purification techniques, Water testing, Shalamar Garden, Pakistani rivers

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Water Management, Purification and Testing Techniques in Indo-Pak Landscapes in the Early Modern Period

Published Online: May 11, 2017

Page range: 16 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/glp-2016-0002

KeywordsWater transportation, Water purification techniques, Water testing, Shalamar Garden, Pakistani rivers

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Water transportation, Water purification techniques, Water testing, Shalamar Garden, Pakistani rivers