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+[[File:Lake on Girnar Taleti.jpg|thumb|centre|Sudarshana Lake, Bhavnath, Gujarat]]
+* [[Sudarshana Lake]] is an artificial lake located in the semi-arid region of [[Kathiawar]].<ref>
+*{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Richard H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRsLEQAAQBAJ&dq=sudarshana+lake&pg=PA313 |title=Religions of Early India: A Cultural History |date=2024-11-26 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-26578-0 |pages=313 |language=en |quote=On the night of 16 November 150 CE, a fierce storm raged in from the Arabian Sea onto the shores of Gujarat. The rain clouds pouring out their waters, it was reported, made it appear as if the earth had been turned into one big ocean. In the path of the storm’s destructive floods was a man-made reservoir called Lake Good-Looking (Sudarshana). The lake had been excavated several centuries before, by order of the Mauryan rulers Chandragupta}}
+*{{Cite web |title=Sudarshana Lake {{!}} lake, India {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudarshana-Lake |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |quote=…the dam and conduits at Sudarshana, a man-made lake on the Kathiawar Peninsula.}}
+*{{Cite book |last=Tandle |first=Dr Sanjeevkumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6jzBgAAQBAJ&q=sudarshana+lakeKEwiD8fWbltuJAxV1TmwGHclbFU44KBDoAXoECAUQAw%23&pg=PA132 |title=INDIAN HISTORY |date= |publisher= Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-312-37211-5 |pages=132 |language=en |quote=Sudarshana lake in the semi-arid zone of Kathiawar. This lake had been in use for irrigation for a long time, and was old as the time of the Mauryas.}}</ref> The lake was originally built by Chandragupta Maurya and later renovated by several kings across different dynasties.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&dq=%22sudarshana+lake+%22&pg=PA380 |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=The purpose of the inscription is to record the restoration of a reservoir called 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 name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |url=https://archive.org/details/aemi_20200906/page/48/mode/1up |title=Ancient and Early Medieval India |date=2016 |pages=48–49 |language=English |quote=A 150 CE inscription of the Shaka ruler Rudradaman records the beginning of the construction of a water reservoir known as Sudarshana lake in the 4th century BCE during the time of the Maurya emperor Chandragupta, its completion during the reign of Ashoka, and its repair in the 2nd century CE.  A 5th century inscription on the same rock, of the time of the Gupta king Skandagupta, describes how the lake burst its banks due to excessive rains and was repaired after two years work.}}</ref>
 *A memorial to Chandragupta Maurya exists on [[Chandragiri hill]] in [[Shravanabelagola]], [[Karnataka]].{{sfn|Vallely|2018|pp=182–183}}