mahabodhi temple
states: [india]
category: cultural
year: 2002
location: State of Bihar, Eastern India
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 24.6952800000, 84.9938900000
visited: 2019
The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.
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