Kuhls of Kangra: community-managed irrigation in the Western Himalaya

by J. Mark Baker

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First edition

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2005. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, 1 , 271, 1 ; 2 maps 1 full-page , 31 illustrations in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the Kangra Valley of India's western Himalaya, farmers have for centuries relied on community-managed kuhl systems-intricate networks of collectively built and maintained irrigation channels for their rice and wheat farming. Over the years, earthquakes and floods have

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