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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Uruvela--the land of enlightenment. 2. Asoka and Buddha Gaya. 3. When and by whom the temple was built? 4. Sri Lankan monks and monastery. 5. Chinese pilgrims in Buddha Gaya. 6. Vishnupada or Buddhapada? 7. Struggle for survival. 8. Burma repairs the Maha Bodhi temple. 9. The Mahant and the Maha Bodhi temple. 10. Burma's another effort to repair the temple. 11. repairs and restoration by the British. 12. Sir Edwin Arnold pleads the Buddhist case. 13. Anagarika Dharmapala's epic struggle. 14. The Bodh Gaya temple, act, 1949. 15. Some important events (1953-1993). 16. The Maha Bodhi temple today. 17. Buddhists seek amendment of the 1949 act. 18. New temples, new horizons. Appendices: 1. Future development of Buddha Gaya--some suggestions. 2. The Mahabodhi temples outside India. Select bibliography. Index. Maps and illustrations.