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‘Hence it is closely connected in meaning with stūpa. Chaityas were known before Buddha’s time (*see J. As. Soc. Beng.*, Vol. vii, p. 1001, *cf* Alwis’ *Buddhism*, pp. 22, 23).’ Dr. Burgess.—(*Ibid.*, pp. 20, 21, notes 1, 2.)