The Sudarshan Lake was originally built by the provincial governor Pushyagupta during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya and later repaired by Yavanaraja Tushaspha during Ashoka's reign.
According to the rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, Sudarshan Lake, an artificial reservoir, was repaired by
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