[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932) › c8.s3.t11 # The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t11: Works of public utility The Mauryan Polity c8.s3.t11 - **Language:** English ### Works of public utility ### [c8.s3.t11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.t11.1) Other works of public utility consisted in constructing lakes and other reservoirs of water and laying out roads well furnished with medicinal herbs, plants, and trees.² The Sudarśana Lake under Candragupta and the Grand Trunk Road leading to Pāṭaliputra are evidences. ### [c8.s3.t11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.t11.2) ² See \*Aśoka's Inscriptions, Corpus\*, pp. 3-4. ## Cites (1) - [Pāṭaliputra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pataliputra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.t11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1932.c8.s3.t11) · Pramāṇa