Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
5. single built works (built environment)
6. [single built works by specific type]
7. [single built works by function]
8. hydraulic structures
9. [hydraulic structures by function]
10. water distribution structures
11. water tanks
12. sacred tanks

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment
4. Single Built Works
5. single built works
6. single built works by specific type
7. single built works by location or context
8. single built works by location: topographical
9. earthworks
10. wells
11. wells by construction

Anotations

Scope note:

In or near a temple complex, wells or reservoirs, typically below ground level, often a Hindu temple in India. The tanks serve for ritual bathing and purification, and also function as water sources for the community. They may take any of several forms and are known by various specific terms, depending upon their form and the language.