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Question
Talk to your grandmother or an elderly person. Find out, when they were of your age:
What kind of water arrangements were made for travellers - for example, piau, Mashak (leather bag), or any other? Now, what do people do about water when they travel?
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Solution
For travelers, there were arrangements of piau, mashak, etc. Now-a-days, people usually purchase packaged drinking water or carry their own water bottles.
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