What was the purpose of this structure built in India?

Just to add to what has been mentioned here, apart from these wells being used for storage purpose, these places were also used as transit points for merchants or people moving from one place to other (present day hotel concept). They could cook their own food and move on after cleaning up. Additionally used as shelters from sweltering heat for people and animals alike. “Well” isn’t that amazing?

Indian old sculptures are awesome that modern engineers cannot build like that....

VS, modern designers could learn a great deal from these structures.

Player #14680106, Indians have always been well at mathamatics. and the structure was built in 8th century, long after basic phenomena in mathamatics like absolute zero, decimal system were invented. furthermore Indian (Hindu) scriptures was been traced having great knowledge of physics, chemistry, medical science, and social science as well.

Yeah, I wouldn't go all the way down just for a pale of water. Can you imagine trying to bring it back up.

is it still looking the same?

Quiz, they should have gotten those people to build the new children's hospital in Dublin.

really amazing💕😍

Amazing step wells in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Enjoyed visiting them...

One such steps well is in Gujarat & is treated as a Heritage Site of India

It is also the National Heritage

This was in an article that I read recently. This was built before knowledge of mathematics and physics, which makes it even more amazing!

you would calves of steel after a trip down and back up .

it looks dangerous for people to walk down there

C's Dad, it's a seemingly real masterpiece of India!.