How does a persian wheel works?

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• The Persian wheel is a mechanical water lifting device operated usually by draught animals like bullocks, buffaloes or camels.
• It is used to lift water from water sources typically open wells. In Sanskrit the word Araghatta has been used in the ancient texts to describe the Persian Wheel.
• The ‘ara-ghatta’ comes from the combination of the words ‘ara’ meaning spoke and ‘ghatta’ meaning pot. 

 
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