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(3) ‘A diversity of opinion exists as to the propriety or otherwise of calling such monuments as the high stūpa of Takkal Bala ‘Tope’; and it must be said that this monument is a striking illustration of the inaccuracy of much that has been written on the subject. The following is one of the many instances where a conclusion has been somewhat hastily arrived at: . . . the term now used is ‘’Thūp’’ . . . it is, therefore, much to be regretted that we should have adopted the word ‘’Tope,’’ which preserves neither the spelling nor the pronunciation of the true name.’—(*B.A.S.J.*, Vol. III, p. 313.)