At last they were divided into eight parts, and a tope was erected, by each of the eight fortunate possessors, over such relics as had fallen to him.

The ancient books of the North and South agree as to the places where the topes were built, and no Roman Catholic relics are so well authenticated.

The Buddha, who believed with Jesus that "the flesh profiteth nothing," and that "the word is spirit and life," would probably have been the first to condemn this idolatry.

But fetich-worship lingers in the purest religions.
The time of the death of Sakya-muni, like most Oriental dates, is uncertain.

The Northern Buddhists, in Thibet, Nepaul, etc., vary greatly among themselves.