The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.45

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Gayasirsha—1. Gaya. 2. The mount Gayasirsha, called Gayasisa in the Buddhist annals, is according to General Cunningham the Brahmayoni hill in Gaya, where Buddha preached his "Fire-sermon" called the Aditya paryaya-Sutra (Mahavagga, I, 21). Gayasirsha is properly a low spur of the Brahmayoni hill, about a mile in area, forming the site of the old town of Gaya (R. L. Mitra's Buddha Gaya; and Mahavagga, Pt. 1, ch. 22). It is mentioned as a place of pilgrimage in the Agni Purana (ch. 219, v. 64) along with other places of pilgrimage at Gaya.