The Buddhist pilgrimage village round the Mahabodhi temple and the Vajrasana, with a Sinhalese monastery and Burmese repair works (board), looked after by the Pithipati lords (Pithipati of Bodh Gaya).
Pilgrims from Burma, Ceylon, Tibet, China and Kashmir come here; the Tibetan Dharmasvamin finds the Pithipati king Buddhasena in 1234 to 1236.
Who holds it
- Name
- not named for 1200
- Title
- Pithipati lord of the Seat
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia (Pala Empire; Mahabodhi Temple); board.
Lord in 1200
A Pithipati.
What the town holds
- The Mahabodhi, the Vajrasana, the Sinhalese monastery, the Burmese works
How things stand that morning
A busy pilgrim village, repaired and guarded by the Pithipati.
Wealth
Offerings of pilgrims and gifts of kings abroad.
Communities
Buddhist monks of several nations, Hindu priests, pilgrims.
Walls and castle
A temple enclosure only.
Trade and crafts
Images, relics and pilgrim goods.
Places of note
- Bodh Gaya: Mahabodhi.
Where the sources disagree
- See Pithipati of Bodh Gaya; the king of Pagan's repairs are in the campaign board.
Evidence: The campaign board entry and encyclopaedia.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Magadha and Anga
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Nasirean Generations (a general history of the Muslim dynasties), Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani (completed 1260 at Delhi). The fullest narrative of the Ghurid conquest of northern India. Read online
- The Nasirid Generations: a General History of the Muslim Dynasties, Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani (1259 to 1260, at Delhi). The Ghurid court's own history, by a man born in 1193 whose family served the sultans of Ghur and Ghazna. Read online
- Inscriptions of Bengal, vol. 3, Various (the Sena kings' chanceries), edited by N. G. Majumdar (copper plates of the 10th to early 13th centuries; edited 1929). The one-volume edition of the Sena copper plates, the main documentary evidence for Bengal around 1200. Read online
- Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
- The History of India as Told by its Own Historians: the Muhammadan Period, vol. 2, Various (Ibn al-Athir, Hasan Nizami, Awfi, Juzjani and others), edited by H. M. Elliot and John Dowson (the sources date from the 1190s to the 14th century; the collection was published in 1869). A one-volume anthology of the Arabic and Persian accounts of the Ghurid conquest. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.