Sudarshana Lake: Difference between revisions

According to the Junagadh Rock Inscription of 150 CE, Sudarshan Lake was constructed in 320 BCE by Pushyagupta Vaishya, a provincial governor, on the orders of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. Later, during Emperor Ashoka's reign, his governor Tushasp extended the lake by creating a canal from it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Ancient_and_Early_Medieval/H3lUIIYxWkEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22sudarshana+lake+%22&pg=PA380&printsec=frontcover |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1120-0 |pages=380 |language=en |quote=... Sudarshana lake by the mahakshatrapa Rudradaman . The construction of this reservoir was started by Vaishya Pushyagupta , the provincial governor of Chandragupta Maurya . It was completed by the Yavana Tushaspha , governor of the Ashoka.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Z90n53NNpGEC&pg=PA114|title=Prachin Bharat Ka Itihas (Ancient India), Hindi Edition|page=114|last=Pandey|first=Vimal|publisher=S. Chand Publishing|isbn=978-81-219-2205-0}}</ref> In 72 Shaka Era, This artificial reservoir was repaired in 150 AD by Rudradaman King Rudradaman I, he restored the lake's embankments, which had been damaged by a storm.<ref>{{Cite book|page=199|url=http://archive.org/details/r.-s.-tripathi|title=Pracheen Bharat Ka Itihas|last=Tripathi|first=Ramashankar}}</ref> The dam was breached again during Rudradaman’s time due to heavy rainfall, but no extra taxes were imposed for repairs.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaikh |first=Dr Shahajahan B. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Archaeological_Study_of_Kandhar_Dist_Nan/b6Q0DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sudarshana+lake+900&pg=PA28&printsec=frontcover |title=Archaeological Study of Kandhar (Dist. Nanded, Maharashtra) |date=2017-09-04 |publisher= |isbn=978-1-387-15993-2 |pages=28 |language=en |quote=While considering the history of India, it appears that kings, noblemen, and the rich created ponds and lakes thinking it their duty and maintained them well In Girnar mountains in Saurashtra, Chandragupta Maurya's (324- BC) regent Pushya of Dhant built Sudarshana lake by rain water harvesting. Later on Ashoka's depute Tushasph renovated it and made the waiter of the lake available for irrigation. Around 150 AD when tha lake was washed away by heavy rains, the King Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman repaired it.}}</ref> The Skandagupta inscription of 456 AD notes that Chakrapalit, the son of Parndatt, repaired the lake’s dam after it was damaged by excessive rain.