ga ya

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ga ya

One of the sacred towns of ancient India, south of the Ganges in present-day Bihar. In the Buddha's lifetime, this was in the kingdom of Magadha. Uruvilvā, the area including Bodhgaya where the Buddha attained enlightenment, is nearby to the south, upriver from Gayā.

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