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Kathiawar's Sudarshan Lake was one of the famous ________ works of the Mauryas.

  1. water

  2. lake

  3. irrigation

  4. artifical water
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Explanation

The Sudarshan Lake was an impressive irrigation engineering project commissioned by Chandragupta Maurya and later renovated by the Rudradaman I in the second century CE. This artificial lake and its canal system demonstrated the advanced irrigation techniques and water management capabilities of the Mauryan period, supporting agriculture in the semi-arid region of Kathiawar (modern Gujarat).

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