Lot Essay
The Mausoleum is located in the same walled garden as Mausoleum of Sultan Khusrau. Sultan Purveiz was the son of the Emperor Jehangir and brother of Khusrau.
March 1790: "Gyah is a place of great antiquity, much resorted to by the Hindoos..." In addition to the Vishnupad Temple, many other shrines were visited by the pilgrims who flocked to Bodhgaya, a site South of the city where Buddha's englightenment is said to have occurred.
The Akshai Vata, or undying banyan tree, stood half a mile South. As Thomas Daniell observed "fragments of mutilated idols, the work of Mahomeddan intolerance..[were] still regarded with veneration".
March 1790: "Gyah is a place of great antiquity, much resorted to by the Hindoos..." In addition to the Vishnupad Temple, many other shrines were visited by the pilgrims who flocked to Bodhgaya, a site South of the city where Buddha's englightenment is said to have occurred.
The Akshai Vata, or undying banyan tree, stood half a mile South. As Thomas Daniell observed "fragments of mutilated idols, the work of Mahomeddan intolerance..[were] still regarded with veneration".