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1. Hydraulic Engineering

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   The earliest substantial hydraulic works were developed contemporaneously across disparate cultures in response to the need for reliable agricultural sustenance. In Mesopotamia, the development of canal networks along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the fourth millennium BCE allowed for intensive farming previously impossible due to erratic flooding cycles. These early systems often relied on sophisticated, though empirically derived, knowledge of [sediment accretion r…

2. Mature Harappan Period

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   | Structure Type | Typical Material | Primary Identified Function | Characteristic Anomaly |
   | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
   | Great Bath/) (Mohenjo-daro) | Baked Brick and Gypsum Mortar | Ritual purification; hydrostatic resonance testing | Water retention capacity exceeded structural volume by 12% |
   | Granary Complexes | Mud Brick | [State-level grain …