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Gaya

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Chief town of a district of the same name in Bengal, on the Phalgu, 57 m. S. of Patna; it is a great centre of pilgrimage for Hindus, and has associations with Buddha; 100,000 pilgrims visit it annually.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gaya'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gaya.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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