Buddhist revivalist · organiser
Anagarika Dharmapala
1864–1933 AD
Campaigned to renew Buddhist worship and participation in the custody of Bodhgaya.
1 story
State
Bihar
3 lives connected here
2 preservation stories are located in this region in this edition. Other associations may be a birthplace, a place of rule or an organisational base.
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Archaeologist · survey organiser
Alexander Cunningham
1814–1893 AD
Directed archaeological work at Bodhgaya during a transformative, and debated, restoration period.
1 story
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Engineer · archaeological photographer
Joseph David Beglar
1845–1907 AD
His photographs preserve evidence of Mahabodhi before major rebuilding.
1 story
Research still to do
Investigate named custodians and communities, inscriptions, institutional records and local scholarship. Separate rebuilding after damage from original construction; record collaborators, contested dates and image provenance.
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