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‘It is, therefore, clear that the *Rāmāyaṇa* alludes to the Brāhmaṇical and not to the Bauddha Chaitya. The commentators are not consistent in saying that chaitya means a Brāhmaṇical building when it is mentioned in connexion with Rāma and his country, a Buddhist building when mentioned in connexion with the enemy's country, forgetting that Vālmīki has peopled Laṅkā with Vedic students and sacrificers without ever mentioning the Buddhists.'