Construction were rapidly undertaken at bodhgaya ,where the bodhisatta had
attained full enlightenment, amd other place associated with various other
evernts in his life,evidences from antiquity reveal that the university king asoka
of the sakya clan Visited bodhgaya’s during his pilgrimage to the sacred to have recorded to
the sacred places associated with lord buddha’s life .he is record to have
preformed special rites of veneration at the mahabodhi-tree in the company of his family and ministers .
It was king askoa who first showed such respect for the tree prompted by his
righteousness king asoka inaugurated his constructions at this place an
insucription discovered at bharahuta in central india reveals that asoka
constructed vajrasana, a boundary wall around it and the mahabodhitree and
an elephant capital pillar later called gayagajat bodhgaya,
General Cunningham also believes that the present mahabodhi mahavihara stands
No the ruins of the mahavihara built by king asoka . it implies that king asoka
constructed a stupa at this place after the design of the dhammeka stupa sat
Sarnath or sanchi , and it was 50 ft high . the
General Cunningham also believes that the present mahabodhi mahavihara
stands on the ruins of the mahavihara built by king asoka it implies that king
asoka constructed a stupa at this place after the design of the dhammeka
stupa at sarnath ro sanchi and it wad 50 ft . high .the present mahabodhi
mahavihara is estimated to have been built around the second century A D .as
concluded by a scrutiny of the finds discovered here which include a gold coin
from the times of Huviska, the kusana ruler succeeding kaniska . the
indo-scythian and the Gupta inscription here also confirm its construction
during king Huviska ,s regime . it is
Beyond debate that the gold –plated statue of lord Buddha in the touch
–ground posture was installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple in 380 A.D
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