The lake was first men­tioned in ancient scrip­tures such as the Skan­da Purana, the Pad­ma Puran and the Aaina-i-Akbari. The first Euro­pean to vis­it the lake was British offi­cer, J.E. Alexan­der in 1823. Buld­hana dis­trict in Maha­rash­tra, where the lake is loc