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A stone elephant overlooks the water at Jaisamand Lake (Dhebar Lake) in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, 1929. It is an artificial lake, created in the 17th century by damming the Gomati River. (Photo by E. O. Hoppe/Getty Images)

A stone elephant overlooks the water at Jaisamand Lake (Dhebar Lake) in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, 1929. It is an artificial lake, created in the 17th century by damming the Gomati River. (Photo by E. O. Hoppe/Getty Images)