Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India by Milo Beach, Morna Livingston

Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India

Milo Beach, Morna Livingston

211 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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From the fifth to the nineteenth centuries, the people of western India built stone cisterns to collect the water of the monsoon rains and keep it accessible for the remaining dry months of the year. These magnificent structures-known as stepwells...

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