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This is a zip file which contains all the photos of the dental calculus sampling conducted during the MEDICAL project (Medical Treatments in Medieval Leprosaria. Exploring Healing Remedies through Dental Calculus Analysis). The research is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 844364. The samples were collected from the human skeletal remains from the St Leonard leprosy hospital excavated in Peterborough (UK). The skeletal collection is stored at Durham University (United Kingdom). The files are not publicly accessible but are available upon request

Bodhgayā: Railing drawings and pillar reconstructions; Cunnningham archive in the British Museum 1897,0528 series.

Mock-up prepared for Alexander Cunningham's Mahâbodhi (1892). Photograph in the Cunningham archive, British Museum 1897,0528,0 series. Bodhgayā, Bihār. Railing pillars, one with an inscription.

Bodhgayā, Bihar. Sandstone image of seated Buddha with inscription dated year 64, photographed in Bodhgayā during the excavation and restoration of the Mahābodhi temple but now in the Indian Museum, Kolkata . British Museum, Department of Asia, Cunningham Archive (Acc. No. 1897,0528.0.4).

Bodhgay��, Bihar. Photograph of early historic slab, documented after excavation, and marked with location of inscriptions. British Museum 1897,0528,0.105 (a).

Bodhgayā, Bihār. String of four conch shells and four flowers in gold; each of the flowers set with a sapphire. British Museum 1892,1103.13 presented by Alexander Cunningham. Published in Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne (London: British Museum Press, 2020): chapter 14, figure 14.10.

Published in Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne (London: British Museum Press, 2020): chapter 14, figure 14.11. Bodhgayā, Bihār. A group of nine gemstones. British Museum 1892,1103.38 presented by Alexander Cunningham.

Bodhgayā, Bihār. Plaque with the Buddha seated in the Mahābodhi temple, surrounded by stūpas, below the Pratītyasamutpāda Gāthā. British Museum 1887, 0717, 147 one of set. Given by Alexander Cunningham.

Eastern India. Terracotta plaques, photographs collected and arranged by Alexander Cunningham, perhaps as a mock-up for his book Mahābodhi. The item acquired from Cunningham by A. W. Franks who bequeathed it to the British Museum in 1897.