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During which leader's time were dams, lakes, and irrigation systems extensively built according to the chapter?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. NCERT lists evidences of hydraulic structures by historical period.
2. The chapter notes during the time of Chandragupta Maurya, dams, lakes and irrigation systems were extensively built.
3. Ashoka, Akbar and Aurangzeb are not mentioned in the dam-construction context.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 3 "Water Resources", §Hydraulic Structures ¶2_
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