A holy landmark and pilgrimage centre, Bodh Gayā is part of the Mahabodhi Temple complex and is located in the Gaya district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is well-known for being the location of the enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) that is attributed to Gautama Buddha, under the tree that has come to be called the Bodhi Tree. Bodh Gayā has been a site of pilgrimage and devotion for both Buddhists and Hindus from ancient times Sculptures among other archeological discoveries indicate that Buddhists have been using the site since the Mauryan era.[4] Muslim Turk troops, headed by Qutb al-Din Aibak and Bakhtiyar Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate, raided and destroyed Bodh Gayā and the surrounding areas in the twelfth century CE.