Talk:Stepwell

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message: I've found a nugget of information that sounds like it relates to the construction of stepwells:
"Protecting Wells.--The following extract from Bishop Heber, though hardly within the scope of the 'Art of Travel,' is very suggestive. "The wells of this country (Bhurtpoor, India), some of which are very deep, are made in a singular manner. They build a tower of masonry of the diameter required, and 20 or 30 feet high from the surface of the ground. This they allow to stand a year or more, till its masonry is rendered firm and compact by time; then they gradually undermine it, and promote its sinking into the sandy soil, which it does without difficulty, and altogether. When level with the surface, they raise its walls higher; and so go on, throwing out the sand and raising the wall, till they have reached the water. If they adopted our method, the soil is so light that it would fall on them before they could possibly raise the wall from the bottom; nor, without the wall, could they sink to any considerable depth."
This is from 'The Art of Travel' by Francis Galton. I am not skilled enough to incorporate it into the Wiki article but, if it stands up to scrutiny as a valid source, I would encourage someone to capture and reference this in the article as it seems like a notable point that is not widely written about.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14681/14681-h/14681-h.htm#ch24
203.79.111.165 (talk) 09:28, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction Technique 

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message: I am confused by "stepwells are dark and barely visible from the surface, while stepped ponds are illuminated by the light from the sun. Also, stepwells are quite linear in design compared to the rectangular shape of stepped ponds." Only three of the dozen pictures in the article (and neither of the ones in the lede) fit the "stepwell" description. Also, virtually all pictures and references to stepwells I've found elsewhere seem to show something similar, a pool of water at the bottom of what is, essentially, an inverted pyramid of space surrounded by tiers of steps. The linear (narrow, stepped trench) concept seems very much in the minority. Is the section WP:UNDUE or is the rest of the article (and, frankly, the rest of the world) wrong? Last1in (talk) 20:30, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stepped Pond v Stepwell