Noteworthy Four Ancient Lakes in Gujarat

Abstract

There are many ancient lakes in India. State of most today is poor today. They are filled up over a period by earth/garbage under pretext of “development” by people/authorities. This paper is describing 4 of those in Gujarat. They have been in existence since centuries and have been in often in religious/folk references. Munsar lake at Viramgam is big lake and does get fully filled up during rains while dries up later. It has religious-social-literature connection. Sahastraling Lake in Patan corresponds to very important and outstanding era in history of Gujarat. Said lake is one of few monuments built contemporary to it e.g. Raniki Vaav which is world heritage site. Kundvav at Kapadvanj is similarly important but ignored lake. Surprisingly it has intricately carved stone Toran which has remained unique tradition in Gujarat. Malav Talav at Dholaka has similar lake again with famous king Siddhraj Jaysinh. All 4 lakes stated herewith has remained in constant historical significance and carries potential to go at national tourist map also provided they get due attention.