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 more than any of his predecessors by adding 9,000 km of new railway lines and being highly active in excavating and restoring temples and palaces, but he neglected funding literature and a national library.