Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 2(1), pp. 1 - 10
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020101
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Study of Methods to Lower the Water Table at Mohen Jo Daro (Green Agriculture)

Shaikh, Javaria Manzoor ^1,*, Ali Tania ², Ali Hyder ^3
1 Graduate School of Architecture Hanyang University, ERICA Ansan-si 426-791 Sa 3-dong, Korea
² Architecture and Urban planning Faculty, NED University Hanyang University, Karachi
³ Mohenjo Daro Conservation, Larkana

ABSTRACT

The agricultural land around Moenjodaro has high salts content and this is increased by the irrigation system: nearby fields are inundated with water for weeks and this makes the water table rise. As a result water tends to migrate towards the structures and salts crystallize on the surface. There is an urgent need to stop the cultivation of paddy crops to overcome the problem of high water table due to high irrigation of rice plant around the site. The aim of this paper is to study the main threats affecting Moenjo Daro, an archaeological site that prospered from 2350 to 1800 BC. The major hazard for the preservation of the site is the rising water table. Here the Master Plan and the solutions are presented to maintain the equilibrium of the permanent vegetation and forest, as well as irrigation which is but away from the site. The major causes of the decay is soil salinity, hence Moenjodaro the phenomenon of soluble salts decay takes place in a twofold way: Subsoil water is driven upwards by capillary action through the structures and in so doing it carries soluble salts. Such salts effloresce on the brick surface if the evaporation is slow and subfloresce if the evaporation is fast.

KEYWORDS
Lower Water Table, Green Agriculture, Salt, Indus Valley Civilization

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Shaikh, Javaria Manzoor , Ali Tania , Ali Hyder , "Study of Methods to Lower the Water Table at Mohen Jo Daro (Green Agriculture)," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1 - 10, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020101.

(b). APA Format:
Shaikh, Javaria Manzoor , Ali Tania , Ali Hyder (2014). Study of Methods to Lower the Water Table at Mohen Jo Daro (Green Agriculture). Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 2(1), 1 - 10. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020101.