▁construction ▁of ▁res er voir s ▁for ▁ir rig ation ▁in ▁the ▁u pl ands , ▁around ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁built ▁by ▁war rior ▁families ▁sub ordinate ▁to ▁the ▁K ak ati y as . ▁The ▁dram atically ▁alter ed ▁the ▁possibilities ▁for ▁development ▁in ▁the ▁sp ars ely ▁populated ▁dry ▁areas . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁edific es , ▁often ▁called ▁" t anks ", ▁including ▁the ▁large ▁examples ▁at ▁Pak ala ▁and ▁Ram appa , ▁are ▁still ▁used ▁today . ▁ ▁Another ▁notable ▁architect ural ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁dynast y ▁rel ates ▁to ▁tem ples . ▁Even ▁before ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁dynast y , ▁there ▁were ▁large , ▁well - est ab lished ▁and ▁well - end owed ▁H indu ▁places ▁of ▁worship ▁in ▁the ▁relatively ▁popul ous ▁delta ▁areas ; ▁however , ▁the ▁tem ples ▁of ▁the ▁u pl ands , ▁which ▁were ▁smaller ▁and ▁less ▁cosm opol itan ▁in ▁origin ▁and ▁fund ing , ▁did ▁not ▁exist ▁until ▁the ▁K ak ati ya ▁period . ▁In ▁the ▁low lands , ▁where ▁Bra hm ins ▁were ▁numerous , ▁the ▁tem ples ▁had ▁long ▁benef ited ▁from ▁a ▁desire ▁to ▁build ▁social ▁networks ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁domestic ▁and ▁foreign ▁trade , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁for ▁obtain ing ▁gra zing ▁rights ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁competition ; ▁in ▁the ▁u pl ands , ▁the ▁end ow ment ▁of ▁the ▁buildings ▁was ▁often ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁construction ▁and ▁continued ▁maintenance ▁of ▁res er voir s ▁and ▁enabled