Abstract: Located in the Eastern province of Bihar, Gaya is one of the oldest existing cities of India. A number of sincere attempts have been made to understand and document history of the region using a number of archaeological and literary sources. Most of the sincere attempts in this direction have been largely been credited to British scholars and Indian scholars have either been underplayed or forgotten. As a consequence many important works do not find any mention in scholarly literature on Gaya and its socio-cultural history. In fact most of these works could not get even published and remained beyond the reach of researchers. Few of these works are available in the form of manuscripts in library and deserve to be published and be brought in to the light of the day. This paper aims to make a humble beginning in this direction by describing a supremely significantmanuscript compiled under the title " Notes on Antiquities of Gaya" by Parmeshwar Dayal. Compiled in 1898, this work provides a comprehensive picture of the historic town of Gaya. It is hoped this paper will initiate a process of introducing, preserving, and publishing similarly important work in future.
Key words: Gaya, History, Religion, Cultural history, Inscriptions, Sculptures.
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