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The entrance gateways to temples and tombs, known as *pailus* or *paibangs*, are a class of monument almost universally employed as honorific monuments of deceased persons. ‘The posts or piers always carry a rail or frieze bearing an inscription, which is in fact the object for which the monument was erected. The most singular features about them are the tile roofs at various levels, with which they are surmounted.’³