<P> Chandragupta Maurya of Maurya dynasty conquered a number of earlier states of Gujarat circa 300 BC . Pushyagupta , a Vaishya , was appointed Governor of Saurashtra by the Mauryan regime . He ruled ( 322 BC to 294 BC ) Girinagar ( present Junagadh ) and built a dam on the Sudarshan lake . Emperor Ashoka , the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya , not only ordered engraving of his famous edicts on the rock at Junagadh , but asked his Governor Tusherpha to take out canals from the lake where an earlier Mauryan Governor had built a dam . Between the decline of the Mauryan power and Saurashtra coming under the sway of Samprati Mauryas of Ujjain , there was a Greek incursion into Gujarat led by Demetrius.In the first half of the first century A.D. there is the story of a merchant of King Gondaphares landing in Gujarat with Apostle Thomas. The incident of the cup - bearer killed by a lion might indicate that the port city described is in Gujarat . </P>
<P> Chandragupta Maurya of Maurya dynasty conquered a number of earlier states of Gujarat circa 300 BC . Pushyagupta , a Vaishya , was appointed Governor of Saurashtra by the Mauryan regime . He ruled ( 322 BC to 294 BC ) Girinagar ( present Junagadh ) and built a dam on the Sudarshan lake . Emperor Ashoka , the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya , not only ordered engraving of his famous edicts on the rock at Junagadh , but asked his Governor Tusherpha to take out canals from the lake where an earlier Mauryan Governor had built a dam . Between the decline of the Mauryan power and Saurashtra coming under the sway of Samprati Mauryas of Ujjain , there was a Greek incursion into Gujarat led by Demetrius.In the first half of the first century A.D. there is the story of a merchant of King Gondaphares landing in Gujarat with Apostle Thomas. The incident of the cup - bearer killed by a lion might indicate that the port city described is in Gujarat . </P>
who built the sudarshan lake in the saurashtra region
who built the sudarshan lake in the saurashtra region
Pushyagupta
Pushyagupta