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The *stūpas*, or *topes*, again, were 'primarily relic-shrines, but may be divided into two classes, according to their destination: first, *stūpas* proper, or monuments containing relics of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint²; secondly, the *stūpas*, or towers, erected to commemorate some event or mark, some sacred spot dear to the followers of the Buddha. If it were possible, these two ought to be kept separate, but no external signs have yet been discovered by which they can be distinguished from one another, and till this is so, they must be considered, architecturally at least, as one.'¹