Mehrangarh: The fort with a 500-year-old water harvesting system

When Rathore Rajput king Rao Jodha laid the foundation of Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur in May 1459, he would not have imagined that the fort's water harvesting system would remain functional almost 500 years later. On a hilltop 410 feet above the surrounding plains, the fort uses aqueducts and Persian wheels to lift water from surrounding lakes to the fort.