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‘In Nepal, according to Hodgson, and, I believe, in Tibet, the monuments, which are called stūpas in India, are there called Chaityas. Etymologically, this is no doubt the correct designation, as chaitya-like stūpa, means primarily a heap or tumulus.’—(Fergusson, *Hist. of Ind. and East. Arch.*, p. 50, note 2.)