Highly active in excavating and restoring the temples and palaces, Curzon also did more than any of his predecessors, adding 9,000 km (5,500 miles) of new railway lines, working to modernize farming with an agricultural research institute, and building an irrigation system that would become a model for Asia and Africa.
Curzon did less than any of the rulers before him, especially in the areas of agriculture, excavation, and railway building.