Historical figures in Mahabodhi Temple
The atlas holds 6 people and 7 moments here, from 528 BC to 2018. The most recorded lives are Ashoka, The Buddha and Martin Luther King Jr.. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Physicians, across the Ancient World and the Space Age.
Notable people
Ashoka
from 258 BC to 249 BC
2 moments here
Ashoka was the third Mauryan emperor, ruling most of the Indian subcontinent from approximately 268 to 232 BCE.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Swami Vivekananda
in 1901
1 moment here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
The Buddha
in 528 BC
1 moment here
Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and teacher who founded Buddhism in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain.…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2018
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Xuanzang
in 640
1 moment here
Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and pilgrim whose overland journey from Tang China through Central Asia to India…
Moments
- 528 BC Awakened beneath the Bodhi tree The Buddha
- 258 BC Pilgrimage to the Bodhi Tree Ashoka
- 249 BC Revisits the Bodhi Tree in pilgrimage tradition Ashoka
- 640 Pilgrimage at Mahabodhi Xuanzang
- 1901 Pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya Swami Vivekananda
- 1959 Visits Bodh Gaya Martin Luther King Jr.
- 2018 Visit to Bodh Gaya Trần Đại Quang