[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s5.45 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.45 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.45 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.45) 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. - [Previous: c5.s5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.44) - [Next: c5.s5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.46) - [Up: c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.219.64) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.1.21) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.45) · Pramāṇa