Dam at Station Road (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)

New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey

Called the Dam at Station Road. Located approximately 120 m further along Station Road, which leads from Parade Road to Cantonment. Runs more or less in the north-south direction. Grid ref. E-9

This dam is currently disrupted by Station Road; its southern section eventually bends east and then south again. In this southern section, there is a structure of broken stone and stucco clearly remaining, but not one sluice remains. The north side of the road is covered by a jungle; this section of the dam is badly ruined, and the sluice located approximately 100 m from the road has mostly collapsed. The sluice has water openings running in the east-west direction, but now only two small outlets are visible at two different levels in its south part. On the east side of the sluice is a modern semi-circular barrier that guards the sluice. Immediately to the south of the sluice is a structure adjoining the dam thought to be from the same period, but it is now completely in ruin, except for the entrance and part of the wall. Its original state is unknown, but can be thought to have been used by the ruling classes during hunting and other recreational activities. Period II.

IOC: I-7; ASI: IV-139

ステーション・ロードの堰堤とよぶ。パレード・ロードからカントンメントに向かうステーション・ロードを,約120メートル進んだ地点を,ほぼ南北に走っている。附図.E-9

この堰堤は,現在,ステーション・ロードによって切断されているが,その南の部分は,やがて東に転じ,さらに南方へ曲折している。この部分は,割り石と漆喰とからなる構築物が,はっきりとのこっているが,水門は一つも認められない。道路の北側は,ジャングルにおおわれていて,この部分の堰堤は崩壊が著しく,道路から100メートルほどの地点にある水門もまた,ほとんどくずれてしまっている。この水門には,東西にはしる流水孔がそなわっているが,現在では,水門の南の部分に,レベルを異にする二つの小さな流水孔の出口が認められるにすぎない。この水門の東側には,近代の,半円形の障壁があって,この水門を保護している。この水門のすぐ南側には,堰堤に接して,同時代と思われる建造物があるが,現在では入口と壁の一部をのこして,まったく崩壊してしまっており,その本来の状況はわからない。おそらくは,支配層が,狩猟やその他のリクリエーションのために用いた建物であったと思われる。第Ⅱ期。

東研.Ⅰ-7;ASI.Ⅳ-139

2015-18 Survey

This is located about 100m into Cariappa Marg that branches out from Sardar Patel Marg. Some stonework was found.

Sardar Patel Margから分岐するCariappa Margを100mほど入った地点にある。石積みの一部を確認した。南北に走るダムで、1959-62年の調査の際には、水門が確認でき、その南側に位置する建物の遺構の写真を掲載する。Monuments of Delhiによれば、ダムの中央部に2つの建物があり、一つは、東西11.1m南北5.5mの矩形建物で、荒石積み、スタッコ塗りで切石柱を使用した。主室は曲面架構で西の側室は赤砂岩の平屋根であった。建物への入口は南と北にあり、入口下部には東側の高いダムから西へと排水溝が付いた。東側にある排水溝口は、近代の建築によって保護されている。北の入口近くに、3つのアーチをもった後世のダーラーンがある。

Cariappa Margの南側に、デリー･カントンメントの敷地境界に沿ってダムの石積みが現存する。Cariappa Margから目視した限り、Cariappa Margを挟んで北側に位置するアーミー・ゴルフ・クラブ（Army Environmental Park and Training Area（AEPTA））敷地内や、デリー・カントンメント南側のParade Road側には、ダムの石積みは確認されない。石積みの大部分は現存しないと考えられる。水門、建物、排水溝口、ダーラーンも確認できなかった。

(2nd paragraph from the 2015-18 survey has been translated using Google Translate)

The dam runs north-south. During surveys in 1959-62, the dam gate was visible, and photos of the remains of the building located south of it are included below. According to Monuments of Delhi, there were two buildings in the center of the dam. One was a rectangular building measuring 11.1 meters east-west and 5.5 meters north-south, built with rough stone masonry, plastered with stucco, and constructed with cut stone columns. The main room has a curved frame structure, and the western side room has a flat roof made of red sandstone. There are entrances to the building on the north and south sides, and below the entrances there is a drainage ditch running west from a high dam on the east side. The drainage ditch opening on the east side is protected by modern architecture. Near the northern entrance is a later dharan with three arches.

On the south side of Cariappa Marg, the dam's stonework still remains along the boundary of the Delhi Cantonment site. As far as the eye can see from Cariappa Marg, no stonework from the dam can be seen on the grounds of the Army Golf Club (Army Environmental Park and Training Area (AEPTA)) located to the north across Cariappa Marg, or on the Parade Road side of the southern Delhi Cantonment. It is thought that most of the stonework no longer exists. Neither the sluice gate, buildings, drainage dharan nor dharan could be seen.

Map Reference: Grid ref. E-9

IOC Reference: W39, I-7

ASI Reference:  IV-139

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/45CQ-99M5

Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.