The name indicates that it must have been the site of the hermitage or capital of King Gaya. A pious king Gaya, the son of king Samudravijaya of R^jagrha, the eleventh Gakravartin as mendoned in UllarU&hyayana Sutra a work of Svet&xhbara Jaina Agama. Buddha's visits to Gay&sisa (Gay&tflrga) and hermitage of K&ifyapa at Gay& are recorded in the P&li canon (Mah&»