1st Edition
The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya Constructing Sacred Placeness, Deconstructing the ‘Great Case’ of 1895
List of Illustrations. Foreword. Acknowledgements.
1. The ‘Living’ Humanized Sacred Place: An Introduction 2. The Origins and History of the Mahābodhi Temple 3. Constructing Sacred Placeness: Rituals Around the Bodhi Tree 4. Divergence, Convergence: Hindu-Buddhist Encounters 5. Anagarika Dharmapāla: A Modern Political Activist and Defender of the Dharma 6. Deconstructing the Great Case 7. The Two Faces of Bodhgayā: Sacred to Buddhists and Hindus
Appendices. Appendix 1: The Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949. Appendix 2: The Budh-Gaya Temple Case. Appendix 3: Letter from Mr. Beglar to the Mahant of Buddha-Gaya Math. Appendix 4: Excerpts of the Court Judgement.
Bibliography. Further Reading. Index.
Biography
Nikhil Joshi is a Research Fellow in the Department of Architecture at National University of Singapore. Educated at the University of Pune, University of York, and National University of Singapore, he is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK, and recipient of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Lethaby Scholarship, UK.
