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The Anangpur Dam, located close to the Anagpur village (also called Arangpur) in Faridabad district of Haryana, India, is {{convert|2|km|mi}} away from the more famous Surajkund. This unique Indian hydraulic engineering structure was built during the reign of King Anangpal of the Tomar dynasty in 8th century. It is approachable by road from Delhi from the Delhi - Mathura road. The ruins of the fortifications found in Anangpur village establishes by an inference that it was built by Anangpal as part of the Lal Kot that was developed as the first city of Delhi in the 8th century.^[1]^[2]^[3] Area around it is an important biodiversity area contiguous to Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary within the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor.

Topography

A local nala (stream) originating in the Aravalli hills was intercepted by building a dam at a chasm to store rain water. It is basically a water harvesting structure meant to store rain water during the monsoon season for beneficial uses of irrigation.^[1]^[2]

History

Rajput ruler Anagpal Tomer/Tanwar moved his capital to the south of the Aravalli hills, south of the present day Delhi at the far end of the 10th century. Within the boundaries of the present day Haryana, on the border with Delhi, they built the Surajkund reservoir near Surjakund village and another dam in its close vicinity near the Arangpur village as the Anangpur dam. It is said that Anangpal who built Surjakund and Arangpal (also known as the builder of Lal Kot, called the first city of Delhi) who built Arangpur dam belonged to the same dynasty but belonged in different periods.^[4]

Structure

The ancient and solid gravity dam structure, a pre-Islamic structure that fords a local nala (stream) is {{convert|7|m|ft|0}} in height and {{cvt|50|m|ft}} in length between the two banks. It has been built with quartzite stones (locally available), duly chiselled and dressed, as a regular dam section with downstream base width increasing in steps with depth up to the foundation. It has entry manholes from the top of the dam, which lead into the body of the dam for inspection and control of flow through sluices for downstream uses. The intake entry into the sluice is on the upstream side. The downstream outlet end leads to the flat terrain below the dam at the ground level. The reservoir created by the dam is mostly silted over the centuries, but it is said to be in use.^[2]^[5]

Access

Anagpur, which is {{convert|1|km|mi}} from the dam, is {{cvt|19|km|mi}} from Delhi city and is approachable from Qutub Minar and Surajkund. But the access to the dam is through a path from the Anagpur village, which goes through flat pastureland and then over a rocky forested hill.^[1]^[2] Sarai metro station is nearest.

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References

1. ^¹²{{Cite book|last=Sharma |first=Y.D. |title=Delhi and its Neighbourhood |work=Surjakund and Anagpur Dam |pages=100- |accessdate=2009-09-05 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |location=New Delhi |year=2001 |url=http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780 |quote=Page 100:Suraj Kund lies about {{cvt|3|km}} south-east of Tughlaqabad in district Gurgaon---The reservoir is believed to have been constructed in the tenth century by King Surjapal of Tomar dynasty, whose existence is based on Bardic tradition. Page 101: About 2 km south-west of Surajkund, close to the village of Anagpur (also called Arangpur is a dam ascribed to Anagpal of the Tomar Dynasty, who is also credited with building the Lal Kot |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831215230/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780 |archivedate=2005-08-31 }}
2. ^¹²³{{Cite book|last=Peck|first=Lucy|title= Delhi - A thousand years of Building|work= Suraj Kund dam and Surajkund tank |page=29 |publisher= Roli Books Pvt Ltd.|location=New Delhi |year=2005 |isbn=81-7436-354-8 |url= https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no43813.htm|accessdate=2009-09-05 |quote=One of the two significant structures in the area, the dam lies about {{cvt|1|km|disp=sqbr}} to the north of the Anangpur village. A path from the main village street will lead you in to flat pastureland. Head for the small rocky hill ahead of you and climb over it. On the other side is another flat area, rather thickly covered in thorn trees. It is worth finding a way through them to the dam that straddles the gap between the two nearby hills. The dam is an impressive edifice {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}} wide and {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}} high built from accurately hewn quartzite blocks.---There is a passage for the egress of water at the level of the ground on the dammed side. The flat land across which you have walked is clearly caused by centuries of silt deposits in the lake that once existed behind this dam. The land around has been vwey heavily quarried recently, so further archaeological finds are unlikely.}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiainfoweb.com/haryana/lakes/anagpur-dam.html |title=Anangpur Dam |accessdate=2009-09-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125185110/http://www.indiainfoweb.com/haryana/lakes/anagpur-dam.html |archivedate=2009-11-25 |df= }}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.isprs.org/congresses/istanbul2004/comm5/papers/676.pdf|format=pdf|title= Spatial Data Modeling in GIS for Historical Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage of Seven Cities of Delhi|author=Madan Mohan|accessdate=2009-09-07|publisher=Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) New Delhi, India}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/pdf/paniyatra.pdf |format=pdf |title=Paani Yatra Challenge of the Balance |work=Hauz-i-Shamsi |page=31 |publisher=Centre for Science and Environment: Orientation programme for Oslo University students |date=2002-12-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117173931/http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/pdf/paniyatra.pdf |archivedate=2008-11-17 |df= }}