Gaya (English spelling)

Japanese: ガヤー（英語表記）Gayā

A city in the mid-west of Bihar, northeast India. It is located about 88 km south of Patna, in the transitional zone between the Ganges River plain and the Chotanagpur plateau, surrounded by low rocky mountains, and the heat is intense. Most of the city stretches on a long, narrow bank on the eastern bank of a tributary of the Ganges, and is densely packed with houses, but the new city built by the British during the colonial period has government offices and trading companies lined up in an orderly fashion. There are many temples and holy sites in and around the city, including the Hindu Vishnupad Temple, the Buddhist Brahmajuni (Gayasirsa) Temple, and Bodh Gaya, 10 km south. 300,000 Hindus alone visit Gaya every year. Rice, wheat, and sugarcane are collected and distributed in the surrounding area, and metalwork, porcelain, paint, and paper are manufactured here. There is a college of Magadha University in Bodh Gaya. Population: 291,220 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド北東部，ビハール州中西部の都市。パトナの南約 88km，ガンジス川流域平野とチョタナーグプル高原の移行地帯に位置し，低い岩山に囲まれていて，暑さがきびしい。市街の大部分はガンジス川支流東岸の自然堤防上に細長く延び，家屋が密集しているが，植民地時代にイギリスが建設した新市街には官庁や商社が整然と並ぶ。市とその周辺には数多くの寺院や聖地があり，代表的なものはヒンドゥー教のビシュヌパド寺，仏教のブラマージュニ (ガヤシルサ) 寺および南方 10kmにあるブッダガヤーである。ヒンドゥー教徒だけでも年間 30万人がガヤーを訪れる。周辺の米，ムギ類，サトウキビの集散と，金属細工，磁器，塗料，紙の製造が行われる。ブッダガヤーのマガダ大学のカレッジがある。人口 29万 1220 (1991) 。

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