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A pagoda is a tower-like structure with multiple eaves or layers. A stupa, on the other hand, is similar to that of a mound -- semi-hemispherical in form. Although, both of these are contructed to house relics of Buddha. Stupas came in first, pagodas only evolved from it.

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