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{{Infobox dam
| name = Anangpur Dam
| image = Surajkund dam "downstream" side.jpg
| image_caption = Anangpur Dam
| dam_crosses = local [[nullah]] ([[stream]])
| res_name = [[Water supply]] & [[Irrigation]]
| location = [[Delhi]] and [[Haryana]]
| dam_length = {{convert|50|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{convert|7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| construction_began = 8th century
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|27|45|N|77|15|52|E|type:landmark_region:IN_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
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The '''Anangpur Dam''' is an Indian hydraulic engineering structure built during the reign of the King Anangpal I of the [[Tomara dynasty]] in the 8th century. It is located near the [[Anangpur]] village in [[Faridabad district]], [[Haryana]], India.<ref name="Vidya Mandir Publication">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Tomars of Delhi by Harihar Niwas Dwivedi|publisher=Vidya Mandir Publication|year=1983|isbn=|location=Gwalior|pages=188}}</ref>

==History==
The king Anangpal Tomar I declared himself an independent ruler and established the Tomar Dynasty of Delhi in the early 8th century. He built his capital at the Anangpur village in Haryana and expanded his kingdom from there. He is said to have built numerous palaces and temples during his reign, majority of which are now completely diminished.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkpdLnZpm78C&q=anangpur+dam+asi&pg=PA200|title=Delhi: Ancient History|date=2006|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-81-87358-29-9|language=en}}</ref> Anangpal I is often misunderstood to be [[Anangpal Tomar|Anangpal II]].<ref name="Vidya Mandir Publication"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Tomars of Delhi by Harihar Niwas Dwivedi|publisher=Vidyamandir Publications|year=1983|isbn=|location=Gwalior|pages=238–239}}</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:Sluice on "upstream" side.jpg|thumb|left|Sluice outlet from the dam]]
<gallery>
File:Stepped "downstream" side of dam.jpg|Downstream view of the dam
File:Steps going into the dam1.jpg| Gallery entry into the dam
File:Steps going into the dam.jpg|Steps into the gallery inside the dam
File:Sluice_(Anagpur_Dam).jpg|Sluice inlet in the dam
</gallery>

The ancient and solid [[gravity dam]] structure, a pre-Islamic structure that fords a local nala (stream) is {{convert|7|m|ft|0}} in height and {{cvt|50|m|ft}} in length between the two banks. It has been built with [[quartzite]] stones (locally available), duly chiselled and dressed, as a regular dam section with downstream base width increasing in steps with depth up to the foundation. It has entry manholes from the top of the dam, which lead into the body of the dam for inspection and control of flow through [[sluices]] for downstream uses. The intake entry into the sluice is on the upstream side. The downstream outlet end leads to the flat terrain below the dam at the ground level. The reservoir created by the dam is mostly silted over the centuries, but it is said to be in use.<ref name="Peck">{{Cite book|last=Peck|first=Lucy|url=https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no43813.htm|title=Delhi - A thousand years of Building|work=Suraj Kund dam and Surajkund tank|publisher=Roli Books Pvt Ltd.|year=2005|isbn=81-7436-354-8|location=New Delhi|page=29|quote=One of the two significant structures in the area, the dam lies about {{cvt|1|km|disp=sqbr}} to the north of the Anangpur village. A path from the main village street will lead you in to flat pastureland. Head for the small rocky hill ahead of you and climb over it. On the other side is another flat area, rather thickly covered in thorn trees. It is worth finding a way through them to the dam that straddles the gap between the two nearby hills. The dam is an impressive edifice {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}} wide and {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}} high built from accurately hewn quartzite blocks.---There is a passage for the egress of water at the level of the ground on the dammed side. The flat land across which you have walked is clearly caused by centuries of silt deposits in the lake that once existed behind this dam. The land around has been vwey heavily quarried recently, so further archaeological finds are unlikely.|access-date=2009-09-05}}</ref><ref name=Hauzi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/pdf/paniyatra.pdf |title=Paani Yatra Challenge of the Balance |work=Hauz-i-Shamsi |page=31 |publisher=Centre for Science and Environment: Orientation programme for Oslo University students |date=2002-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117173931/http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/pdf/paniyatra.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-17 }}</ref>

==Topography==
A local nala (stream) originating in the [[Aravalli hills]] was intercepted by building a dam at a chasm to store rain water. It is basically a water harvesting structure meant to store rain water during the monsoon season for beneficial uses of irrigation.<ref name=Peck/><ref name="Sharma">{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Y.D.|url=http://www.indiaclub.com/Shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780|title=Delhi and its Neighbourhood|work=Surjakund and Anagpur Dam|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|year=2001|location=New Delhi|pages=100–|quote=Page 100:Suraj Kund lies about {{cvt|3|km}} south-east of Tughlaqabad in district Gurgaon---The reservoir is believed to have been constructed in the tenth century by King Surjapal of Tomar dynasty, whose existence is based on Bardic tradition. Page 101: About 2 km south-west of Surajkund, close to the village of Anagpur (also called Arangpur is a dam ascribed to Anagpal of the Tomar Dynasty, who is also credited with building the [[Lal Kot]]|access-date=2009-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831215230/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=8780|archive-date=2005-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is an important [[biodiversity]] area within the [[Aravalli Range#Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor|Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor]] stretching from [[Sariska Tiger Reserve]] to Delhi. Historical place around sanctuary are [[Badkhal Lake]] (6 km northeast), 10th century ancient [[Surajkund]] reservoir, [[Damdama Lake]], [[Tughlaqabad Fort]] and [[Jahanpanah#Adilabad|Adilabad ruins]] (both in Delhi), [[Chhatarpur Temple]] (in Delhi).<ref name="Department of Forest, Delhi">[http://forest.delhigovt.nic.in/wildlife/asola.html#asola ASOLA BHATTI WILD LIFE SANCTUARY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816140938/http://forest.delhigovt.nic.in/wildlife/asola.html#asola |date=16 August 2011 }}, Department of Forest, Delhi Government</ref> It is contiguous to the seasonal [[Pali village#Pali jharna|waterfalls in Pali-Dhuaj-Kot villages of Faridabad]], the scared [[Mangar Bani]] and the [[Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=sura>[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/faridabad/water-will-be-stopped-by-making-a-dam-on-the-hills-of-pali-village/articleshow/70320771.cms पाली गांव की पहाड़ियों पर डैम बनाकर रोका जाएगा झरनों का पानी]</ref>

==Access==
It is approachable by road from [[Delhi]] from the Delhi - [[Mathura]] road. Anangpur, which is {{convert|1|km|mi}} from the dam, is {{cvt|19|km|mi}} from Delhi city and is approachable from [[Qutub Minar]] and [[Surajkund]]. But the access to the dam is through a path from the Anangpur village, which goes through flat pastureland and then over a rocky forested hill. [[Sarai metro station]] is nearest.<ref name=Peck/><ref name=Sharma/>

==See also ==
* [[Anangpal Tomar]]
* [[Qila Rai Pithora|Lal Kot]]
* [[Surajkund]]
*[[List of dams and reservoirs in India#Haryana|List of dams and reservoirs in Haryana]]

==References==
{{Commons category|Anagpur Dam}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Hydrography of Haryana}}

[[Category:Dams in Haryana]]
[[Category:8th century in India]]
[[Category:History of Haryana]]
[[Category:Indian architectural history]]

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