History
* Prakasam Barrage
Vijayawada city is located at the head of the Krishna Delta on its northern bank. A barrage was built across the river at Vijayawada in 1853 by the British rulers. It is now called
Prakasam Barrage. The water is diverted by this barrage into canals and is used to irrigate about 12 lakh acres of land.
* The two main rivers of Telangana, the Godavari and the Krishna, flow from the western Ghats. The Godavari river enters in Telangana near Basara of Adilabad district. These rivers are joined by many small rivers of the Telangana plateau and finally flow into the Bay of Bengal after forming large deltas.
*Podu
Koyas grow crops using a distinct technique called ‘Podu’. Podu is a traditional practice of farming in hilly regions. This is called shifting agriculture or jhum cultivation. It is also practiced by tribes like Konda Reddy. This practice of shifiting cultivation is also done in states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh etc.
*Stone Age sites of Telangana
Some of these places are Ekkala in Warangal district, Amarabad in Mahabubnagar district, Eleswaram in Nalgonda district, Ramagundam, in Karimnagar district, Utnoor in Adilabad district, Armoor in Nizamabad district, Manjeera valley in Medak district, Cherla in Khammam district.
*The most famous Mauryan ruler was Ashoka. He was the first ruler who tried to take his message to the people through inscriptions. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were in Prakrit and were written in the Brahmi script.
*Shaka Era
Seventy Eight CE, the year ofascension of emperor Kanishka became the beginning of what came to be called the Shaka Era or shakabda. Many south Indians to this day use this calendar. This era is seventy eight years behind the Common Era in normal use.
*Mehrauli pillar
The famous Mehrauli Iron pillar now in Qutub Minar complex in Delhi was probably set up by Chandra Gupta II who was also called Vikramaditya.
This pillar is famous for the fact that it has not rusted despite standing in open air for the last seventeen hundred years.
*Wards
A village is usually divided into a few ‘wards’ (streets or colonies) in such a way that all the wards have almost equal number of voters. Each ward elects one member to the village panchayat, called ‘Ward Member’.A panchayat will have at least five ward members and may have as many as 21 ward members. Any person who is 21 years or above can contest the election.
* What does a Panchayat do ?
The village panchayats are responsible for provision of public amenities like maintenance of village roads, construction and maintenance of drains, supply of drinking water, street lighting, cleaning streets, running ration shops etc. They are also responsible for overseeing the functioning of schools, anganwadis, women and child welfare programmes etc
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