Raising her hand Marie said "Professor, I believe they are somethig that was created to be runes, they are not actually runes at all. They are stones that were made by ancient Sanskrit wizards to control and bind their enemies. They weren't as effective as they had wished, so they weren't widely used."
She put her hand down and tried to remember where she had read that or was she just dreaming that she had read that? Oh well, it was an answer.